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ramoss
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Message 19 of 149 (557426)
04-25-2010 1:34 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by cavediver
03-16-2010 3:44 PM


I was wondering.. could dark energy be nothing but the Casimir effect on a grander scale?

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Message 21 of 149 (557586)
04-27-2010 12:42 AM
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Re: Dark Energy ≠ Casimir Effect
If you look at space at distances of less that 10^ -30 cm, space starts becoming 'rough', and boils into quantum foam at a length of 10 ^-33 cm..
So the analogy to the plates would be space itself, since space is not completely smooth..

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Message 24 of 149 (557884)
04-28-2010 12:26 PM
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04-27-2010 6:24 PM


Re: Dark Energy ≠ Casimir Effect
Are virtual particles an 'electromagnetic field'??

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