David,
I can't help you with the math description of virtual particles
"giving rise to Casimir effect" as you put it, but, as to your final
question "Is their ground state determined by the zero point energy?" I am
convinced that YES, the ground state is determined by zero point energy in
the manner described by Puthoff keeping the orbital from decaying and
restoring energy after spontaneous emission.. If you are referring to the
different theories of fractional ground states associated with Casimir
cavities then I would contend those ground states still appear unchanged to
a local observer in the same inertial frame as the orbital. And that the
fractional states only exist from a relativistic perspective between
different inertial frames. I base the previous assertion on proposals by Jan
Naudts that the hydrino can be explained relativisticly and later work by
Ron Bourgoin that proved 137 fractional states actually exist using
equations that dictate a relativistic environment where electrons can appear
to occupy the same spatial position through time dilation...
On a more speculative note I suspect the inertial frames are created by
reducing the energy sum of virtual particles inside the cavity which is
unable to meet the demand of the plate surfaces due to a concentrating
effect of plate geometry - this would account for failed experiments to
accumulate this force into any measurable gravitational effects such as
attempted by DiFiore et all. I am proposing the Casimir effect breaks the
isotropy through "segregation" and that the lower energy in the cavity is
balanced by higher energy diffused throughout the plates. Metal atoms start
out covalent then change into clusters before forming the "almost free
electron"/ metallic bond -something that makes me suspect a natural
imbalance that may be the engine behind this quantum effect..
I have been trying to draw an analogy between the Twin paradox and
fractional hydrogen where the space bound twin uses a dead star to tap
equivalent acceleration relative to the earth bound twin so that you are
dealing with the difference between 2 different equivalent accelerations
which is what I feel we are dealing with in regards to fractional hydrogen
inside a Casimir cavity vs outside. The dead stars crushing gravity is to
our normal environment outside the Casimir cavity just as our normal
environment outside the Casimir cavity is to the energy depleted region
inside the cavity. An observer inside the cavity would see us outside the
cavity to appear slower due to time dilation in the same way we observe the
space faring twin to age slower as he accelerates relative to us. This may
explain the engine behind catalytic action and certainly fits the geometry
of Rayney nickel pore sizes.
Regards
Fran
