Recent measurements of the Casimir force: Comparison between experiment and theory

Abstract

We consider experiments on measuring the Casimir interaction which have been performed in the last four years. The emphasis is made on measuring differences in the Casimir pressures under a transition of the plate metal from normal to superconducting state and on the Casimir metrology platform using a commercial micromechanical sensor. In both cases several problems in the comparison between experiment and theory are discussed.

arXiv comment6 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A; based on the talk presented at the "10th Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology and 4th Symposium on the Casimir Effect" (Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2019)

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