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Hello all,

In response to the recent SII post by Robert McGown on the connection between the Casimir effect and dark energy (or cosmological constant), I wanted to let you know of a work of which I am aware that attempts this connection:
"Gravitation of the Casimir Effect and the Cosmological Non-Constant" by Robert Caldwell (Dartmouth) at

http://lanl.arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/?0209312
(email: robert.r.caldwell@dartmouth.edu)

It is unclear to me if this has been published as a refereed paper or as a conference proceeding, but I have spoken with Rob Caldwell recently at a workshop and I know that he at least (and possibly others that I am unaware of) is working on this topic.

Best,
Aparna (Venkatesan),
U. of Colorado, Boulder