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Study of Vacuum Energy Physics for Breakthrough Propulsion - Softcover

Millis, Marc G

 
9781287265382: Study of Vacuum Energy Physics for Breakthrough Propulsion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1287265383 ISBN 13: 9781287265382
Publisher: Bibliogov, 2013

Synopsis

This report summarizes the accomplishments during a three year research project to investigate the use of surfaces, particularly in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), to exploit quantum vacuum forces. During this project, we developed AFM instrumentation to repeatably measure Casimir forces in the nanoNewton range at 10 6 torr, designed an experiment to measure attractive and repulsive quantum vacuum forces, developed a QED based theory of Casimir forces that includes non-ideal material properties for rectangular cavities and for multilayer slabs, developed theoretical models for a variety of microdevices utilizing vacuum forces, applied vacuum physics to a gedanken spacecraft, and investigated a new material with a negative index of refraction.

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Publisher
Bibliogov
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1287265383
ISBN 13 
9781287265382
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
60