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Gravitational Casimir Effect

James Q. Quach
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 081104 – Published 25 February 2015; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 139901 (2017)
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We derive the gravitonic Casimir effect with nonidealized boundary conditions. This allows the quantification of the gravitonic contribution to the Casimir effect from real bodies. We quantify the meagerness of the gravitonic Casimir effect in ordinary matter. We also quantify the enhanced effect produced by the speculated Heisenberg-Couloumb (HC) effect in superconductors, thereby providing a test for the validity of the HC theory, and, consequently, the existence of gravitons.

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  • Received 25 November 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.081104

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A Casimir Effect Caused by Gravity

Published 25 February 2015

Evidence that gravitational waves induce an attractive force between two closely spaced mirrors could confirm gravity’s quantum nature.

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James Q. Quach*

  • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan

  • *Corresponding author. quach.james@gmail.com

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Vol. 114, Iss. 8 — 27 February 2015

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