Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-phy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Physics:dub From: Pucc-H:Physics:dub@CS-Mordred.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: vacuum pressure - literally Message-ID: <1147@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 14:25:16 EST Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1147 Posted: Mon Jan 16 14:25:16 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jan-84 06:25:22 EST Organization: Purdue University Physics Dept. Lines: 14 < munch...munch..> Could someone out there in Netland who is "in the know" please explain to me how the Casimir Effect works. All I really know about it is that it has something to do with demonstrating that vacuum can exert a pressure. Dwight Bartholomew UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harpo,allegra,inuxc,seismo,teklabs}!pur-ee!Physics:dub ARPA: dub @ pur-phy.UUCP