The dynamical Casimir effect and energetic sources for gamma ray bursts

Abstract

On the analogy of the Casimir effect, we present an effect of quantum-field fluctuations, attributed to gravitational field coupling to the zero-point energy of virtual particles in the vacuum. In the process of black hole's formation, such an effect could cause tremendous energy release, possibly describing a scenario of energetic sources for observed gamma ray bursts.

Comments: 3pages, 1 figure, to appear in MPLA and detailed computations will be given in a lengthy article