Casimir effect

A visual representation of the Casimir effect.

The Casimir effect (predicted by Hendrik Casimir in 1948) is the attraction of two metal plates in a vacuum. This effect occurs because of a side effect of the quantum uncertainty principle, where 'virtual' particles cause the plates to be slightly pushed towards each other.[1]

  1. Hawking, Stephen (1988). A Brief History of Time. Bantam Dell Publishing Group. p. 79. ISBN 9780553380163.

Casimir effect

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