In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:00:22 -0800: Hi Horace, [snip] >The following update has been appended to: > >http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ZPE-CasimirThrust.pdf
If the assumption is made that all mass is due to the ZPE, then the change in mass can be calculated as the change in energy density in the cavity. This should follow directly from the dimensions of the cavity, and the excluded wavelengths. I think Hal already did this calculation in one of his papers, though I'm afraid I have no reference. There may however be another problem. The whole theory is based upon the exclusion of the ZPE in small cavities. However I suspect that this assumes that the walls of the cavity contain enough matter to effectively shield the cavity. If many minute cavities are placed close together, then this may no longer be true. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
