In reply to MarkI-ZeroPoint's message of Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:47:22 -0700: Hi, [snip] > - Can that difference be thought of as a kind of pressure? > - How would you measure that pressure?
I think you have hit the nail on the head. Pressure is an energy density, so if you can calculate the latter, then you also know the former. There already exists a formula for Casimir energy based on plate spacing, so it shouldn't be too hard to calculate the energy density and express it as a pressure. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
