Quantum electrodynamics (QED). In the second episode of It’s Not My Field we interviewed Thomas Philbin, a researcher at the University of St Andrews, who came to talk at a school seminar at the University of Glasgow. He discussed with us the ongoing debate regarding the theoretical foundations of the Casimir effect, a force that results from the quantum nature of the microscopic universe, as well as recent experiments and potential applications within nano-scale engineering.
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We thank Thomas Philbin, the School of Physics and Astronomy and Nigel Hutchins.
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