2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20288-9_7
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Progress in Experimental Measurements of the Surface–Surface Casimir Force: Electrostatic Calibrations and Limitations to Accuracy

Abstract: Several new experiments have extended studies of the Casimir force into new and interesting regimes. This recent work will be briefly reviewed. With this recent progress, new issues with background electrostatic effects have been uncovered. The myriad of problems associated with both patch potentials and electrostatic calibrations are discussed and the remaining open questions are brought forward.

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“…The Casimir force [1] is a manifestation of vacuum field fluctuations [2] which is now measured with a good experimental precision in various experiments [3][4][5][6]. However, the comparison of experimental results with theoretical predictions remains a matter of debate [7][8][9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Casimir force [1] is a manifestation of vacuum field fluctuations [2] which is now measured with a good experimental precision in various experiments [3][4][5][6]. However, the comparison of experimental results with theoretical predictions remains a matter of debate [7][8][9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, it is meaningless to speak about 1% or any other numerical degree of accuracy, and attribute it to some unspecified experiments. 1 Another concept used 1 in the same context is the concept of precision. Measurement precision is the closeness of agreement between measured quantity values obtained by replicate measurements on the same or similar objects under specified conditions.…”
Section: Confusion Between Accuracy Precision and Measure Of Agreemementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The value of the sphere radius in the experiment 3 was determined to be R = 151.2 ± 0.2 µm leading 2,3 to the relative error of only 0.13%, i.e., smaller error than is demanded. 1 In fact all the details for determination of sphere radius by means of electrostatic calibrations are provided. 3,8,9 The other sources of errors considered 1 are unrelated to the experimental precision.…”
Section: Total Experimental Error and Its Constituentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Although extensive measurements were conducted, novel instrumentation methods and data analysis techniques with better accuracy and robustness are needed [24]. Measurement uncertainties will raise the ambiguity in interpreting the experimental data [25].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%