Snippets of Physics: 14. The power of nothing

Padmanabhan, T. (2009) Snippets of Physics: 14. The power of nothing Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 14 (2). pp. 179-190. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

The vacuum state of the electromagnetic field is far from trivial. Amongst other things it can exert forces that are measurable in the lab, in a curious phenomenon known as Casimir effect.

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Keywords:Harmonic Oscillator; Quantum Mechanics; Electromagnetism
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