A Particle Theory of the Casimir Effect

Details A Particle Theory of the Casimir Effect A Particle Theory of the Casimir Effect

1995-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9510010v1

Found.Phys.Lett. 9 (1996) 213-223

Physics

Quantum Physics

LaTeX file, 11 pages, no figures. Key words: photon, trajectories, QED, Casimir effect, quantum vacuum

Scientific paper

10.1007/BF02186404

In previous works Suppes and de Barros used a pure particle model to derive interference effects, where individual photons have well-defined trajectories, and hence no wave properties. In the present paper we extend that description to account for the Casimir effect. We consider that the linear momentum $\sum\frac{1}{2}\hbar {\bf k}$ of the vacuum state in quantum electrodynamics corresponds to the linear momentum of virtual photons. The Casimir effect, in the cases of two parallel plates and the solid ball, is explained in terms of the pressure caused by the photons. Contrary to quantum electrodynamics, we assume a finite number of virtual photons.

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