Fran,
the citation http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Articles/3-1/calvet-final.htm The authors provides evidence that Casimir force can be considered as a 1-dimensional force vector that is scattered in a 5-dimensional space. To understand that better - one needs to think about the main facts in the context of space, as presented in the abstract: Abstract: Conventional forces like gravitation and electromagnetism vary with the square of the distance. This is because the corresponding force is scattered into 3 dimensions due to the distribution of virtual gravitons or photons of the corresponding field in a 3D-space. In an analogous way, the Casimir force, that varies with the 4th power of the distance, ought to arise from bosons distributed in a hyperspace with 5 real physical dimensions. This leads to the prediction of a whole new world of “quantum temperatures” below zero Kelvin, and to a model that surprisingly agrees with cosmology and recent findings of the zero-point-field (ZPF). “Virtual” field particles (e.g. bosons of the ZPF) are probably nothing else than hyperspace particles that cross our 3-D universe from time to time, thus seeming “virtual” to us. This paper details how our universe can be considered as a 3-D space “floating” on an immense 5-D space - the hyperspace - in analogy to a sheet of ice floating in a deep sea. I agree that this offers a whole new dimension of understanding to Casimir ZPE :) The Calvet paper has aged well, and is seems to be right-on today yet still neglected. BTW - I also believe that Arata/Zhang is most likely a demonstration of this effect - IOW it is ZPE "pumping" and not nuclear for the most part. If he rn it for another month, it might be more nuclear than ZPE but that might take many months at the low rate of pycno production. Unfortunately, this will never amount to more than a laboratory curiosity. To confuse matters, however, the pycno which instigates the slight heating effect can "eventually" fuse - but the real value of A/Z will "probably" be as a method of manufacturing pycno to be used as a "target" so that ICF becomes a reality - not in some Livermore boondoggle - wasting billions of tax dollars but in "desktop" sized configurations that provide local distributed power. A year's supply of pycno could be delivered by UPS in a vial, if this were to remain a free market situation. This eventuality will not sit well with the "establishment" whether it be scinece, military or industrrial - as it is not just disruptive, but disruptive to the 5th power ! How soon before the whole A/Z episode is quashed? Jones
