On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Robert Leguillon's message of Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:29:59 -0600: > Hi, > [snip] >> >>I've never delved into Casimir Force, but I have to say, it's really >>intriguing. >>As I understand the basic evidence of Casimir Force: experiments seem to >>verify that metal plates at extremely close distances in a vacuum preclude >>longer wavelengths of the "aether-equivalent", creating a higher pressure >>outside the plates than between. >> >>I just have a few questions, and the Vortexians seem an excellent crew to ask: >> >>1) Does the measured Casimir Force match with those predicted by the >>underlying theory with precision? Have any specific materials (esp. >>conductors/nonconductors) been discovered to be Casimir-outliers? > > Last I read, it matches to within about 5%. Not sure what the experimental > error > was, but these measurements are rather difficult. >> >>2) Does the force exercised upon the plates necessarily have to be an aether >>repulsion, in lieu of a plate attraction? > > How can one tell the difference?
I would expect that detecting the casimir force is a process of elimination. The total force is measured first and then the predicted contribution from the gravitational component is subtracted. Harry
