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Quantum vacuum fluctuations —drives→ Casimir effect

The atlas records this claim as established: quantum vacuum fluctuations drive the Casimir effect under the conditions below.

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Conditions

  • two conducting plates closer than a micrometre; force measured to 5%
regime: vacuum required

Evidence · 2

  1. [1]
    S. K. Lamoreaux. Demonstration of the Casimir force in the 0.6 to 6 μm range (1997)
    Physical Review Letters 78, 5 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.5 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    M. Bordag, U. Mohideen, V. M. Mostepanenko. New developments in the Casimir effect (2001)
    Physics Reports 353, 1–205 · doi:10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00015-1 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.22 × C.31 · Quantum vacuum fluctuations × Fluctuation / information-driven · Established
family: Fluctuation / information-driven

Notes

The attraction is real and measured. It does one-off work while the plates approach; separating them again costs at least as much. No energy ledger is recorded because no continuous conversion exists.

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