Re: Faster than light?

Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:17:41 +0100 (MET)


On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Amara Graps wrote:

> The Casimir Effect is a weird quantum mechanical effect that results
> in a negative energy. It is completely theoretical at this point, I
> don't think that it has been verified in the lab.

Haven't it been experimentally verified? I seem to recall a mention in
Robert Forward's _Indistinguishable from magic_ about a successful
verification experiment, complete with a reference.

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