Is the Casimir effect a new quantum physic theory?
The Casimir effect has been known for decades so it is not a new quantum physics theory. The conservation of energy seems to be violated by particles popping into existence from vacuum fluctuations, but their existence is so short that Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle: delta(E) * delta(t) > h-bar shows that for sufficiently short periods of time (small delta(t)) you can have a change of energy (delta(E)) sufficiently large to explain the apparent violation.
