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Casimir–Gravitational Energy Matching: A Testable Regime of Quantum Vacuum Transition

Michail, Konstantinos

Published Nov 11, 2025• 0 citations
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This short note refines a previous proposal: that a physical configuration in which Casimir vacuumenergy matches Penrose–Diósi gravitational self-energy (EG ) may produce a transition relevant toobjective-collapse models. We provide a cautious and experimentally grounded formulation,introduce the Casimir–Gravitational Equilibrium Condition (CGEC), expand scaling analysis,discuss decoherence constraints, and identify measurable photon-based signatures. This model introduces the Casimir–Gravitational Equilibrium Condition (CGEC), outlining a measurable regime where vacuum fluctuations balance gravitational self-energy, potentially linking quantum vacuum structure to gravitational thresholds

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10.5281/zenodo.17582492

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