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The longer wavelengths are not "replaced with shorter wavelengths inside
the cavity." Space is filled with zero point field which has a
continuous and cubic energy distribution. The shorter wavelength
radiation simply moves right through the plates and cavity unimpeded, as
if the cavity were not there. It is not a matter of "appearance".
That is the standard theory. If you have a credible reference which
states otherwise, please provide it. It would be most interesting.
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Horace,
Thanks for the compliment just don't ask how long they took
to create! In regard to your comment I was making the same point as you
and I think your comment was actually referring to the QED theory of
up-conversion where longer vacuum flux are excluded and replaced by
shorter flux to fill the void - I was contrasting their theory to mine
and should have made the demarcation clearer. If I got their theory
wrong I'll retract that portion given a little time to investigate but
whether the long flux are replaced with short flux is not the point I
was trying to make in any case. Everyone agrees that only short flux can
pass freely through the cavity and the controversy begins with what
happens to the long flux. The 3 theories in a nutshell: My theory allows
the long flux to translate relativistically such that they contract or
as Mauro puts it Planck's constant gets smaller inside a Casimir cavity
so they can fit through, Casimir theory just says the larger virtual
particles are restricted and the plates are "pushed" together, and QED
theory explains it all in terms of virtual photon exchange setting up an
imbalance that creates a static charge "pulling" the plates together.
AFAIK this is all still fluid.
Regards
Fran
BTW Your website is a great resource!
