The vacuum can be manipulated through the application of magnetic and optical means to increase or decrease the influence of the vacuum on other connected processes. Some processes might include radioactive decay rates, catalyst based reactions in chemistry, Hawking radiation, virtual particle densities and relative permeability that are not identically unity, and the Coulomb force. There are many other possible processes that could be modified by adjusting the nature of the vacuum. What can science do to explore the implications of this theory and what are the processes that can be affected by such manipulations of the vacuum.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:26 PM Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The Casimir force can be tuned and even reversed by placing a chiral > optical material between two similar surfaces – according to calculations > by Qing-Dong Jiang <https://www.su.se/english/profiles/qjian-1.336861> > and Frank Wilczek > <https://www.nordita.org/people/staff/index.php?u=frank.wilczek> at the > University of Stockholm. The duo’s finding gets around a famous “no-go” > theorem, which says that the Casimir force between two similar surfaces > must always be attractive. The research could be of practical use because > the Casimir force can inhibit the operation of nanomechanical devices. > > > > https://physicsworld.com/a/chiral-material-reverses-casimir-force-say-physicists/ > > > Chiral Casimir Forces: Repulsive, Enhanced, Tunable > https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.07994 > >
