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The suggestion that the force between two perfectly conducting plates in quantum electrodynamics depends critically on whether the photon mass is precisely zero or not is false. The solution to this problem involves the discovery of a new class of classical solutions for the electromagnetic field between conducting plates, when the photon has non-zero mass.
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Barton, G., Dombey, N. Casimir effect for massive photons. Nature 311, 336–339 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311336a0
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