I agree, in fact the ionization would have to be spread across both plates equally to keep them uncharged relative to each other or by definition it would no longer be a Casimir cavity. Regarding "other effects" I agree with one caveat, The permanent restriction of longer vacuum fluctuations caused by bracing the plates apart is a static bias already in balance between the cavity and the lattice. Relative motion of H1 to the plates via gas law exposes the atom to different regions where natural variations in plate spacing change the local value of Casimir force and therefore local restriction of longer vacuum flux proportionately. My point is this energy is already accounted for and any acceleration this imparts to the atom would be negligible to draw down the field established between the plates and cavity.
Best Regards Fran -----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:46 PM To: Vortex-L Subject: Re: [Vo]:megalith levitation Something to consider with regards to Casimir cavities and any proposed ionizing or other effects requiring energy greater than the ionizing energy for the atoms making up the cavity. If such ionizing effects existed with the cavity, then they would ionize the atoms forming the cavity. Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
