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Originally Posted by turbo-1
I would like to put a casimir device in orbit around the Earth, with the plates first oriented so that the gap points at the Earth and get readings for a few orbits, and then repeat with the gap perpendicular to that radial direction, to see if the quantum vacuum can be polarized by the presence of matter (Earth, Moon, Sun).
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Good one, Turbo; but why would you need to put it in orbit? Why not just do it on the earth's surface (in a man-made vacuum)?
I believe it is possible there is a variation in energy density with direction. It is my opinion that it may be possible to show gravity itself to be a 'polarization' of the vacuum. However, the measurement of the variation in Casimir force must have very high sensitivity since the change in energy density is likely very tiny. If discovered it would be quite significant.
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