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Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 5 - 8 (1997)

Demonstration of the Casimir Force in the 0.6 to 6 μm Range

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S. K. Lamoreaux
Physics Department, University of Washington, Box 35160, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560

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Received 28 August 1996

The vacuum stress between closely spaced conducting surfaces, due to the modification of the zero-point fluctuations of the electromagnetic field, has been conclusively demonstrated. The measurement employed an electromechanical system based on a torsion pendulum. Agreement with theory at the level of 5% is obtained.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.5
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.5
PACS: 12.20.Fv, 07.07.Mp

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Erratum: S. K. Lamoreaux, Erratum: Demonstration of the Casimir Force in the 0.6 to 6 μm Range [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 5 (1997)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5475 (1998)

Comment: Astrid Lambrecht and Serge Reynaud, Comment on “Demonstration of the Casimir Force in the 0.6 to 6 μm Range”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5672 (2000)

Reply: S. K. Lamoreaux, Lamoreaux Replies:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5673 (2000)

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