Rakdos Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 What Exactly is a Zero Point Field (ZPE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Post 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4721 Post 18 did the Casimir effect get discussed in this connection? it seems to me IIRC that the vacuum energy in the space between two conducting plates varies as the fourth power of the separation between them, and this was checked experimentally maybe we dont know how to calculate the vacuum energy (or perhaps someone does and i didnt hear about it) and there seems no reason to imagine that we could utilize it, in any case! but even tho we may not be able to calculate it or utilize it we still know something------that between two conductors the amount of energy is affected by the dimensions of the gap IIRC the experiement was done with two gold spheres----could have used flat plates too I guess anyone want explain or clarify? is this relevant to the thread-starter's question on ZPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 This might do the trick: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4415 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 yes there we are! post #5 in that thread, by swansont explains the energy between two conducting plates! http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?p=58951#post58951 the key point is that it varies with (as the fourth power of IIRC) the separation so that pulling the plates apart, ever so slightly, increases the vacuum energy between them----and requires work, implying an attractive force now I have it, thanks Sayo, having trouble with the url Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 58951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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