Casimir force between eccentric cylinders
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We consider the Casimir interaction between a cylinder and a hollow cylinder, both conducting, with parallel axis and slightly different radii. The Casimir force, which vanishes in the coaxial situation, is evaluated for both small and large eccentricities using the proximity approximation. The cylindrical configuration offers various experimental advantages with respect to the parallel planes or the plane-sphere geometries, leading to favourable conditions for the search of extra-gravitational forces in the micrometer range and for the observation of finite temperature corrections.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406060,
title = {Casimir force between eccentric cylinders},
author = {Diego A. R. Dalvit and Fernando C. Lombardo and Francisco D. Mazzitelli and Roberto Onofrio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406060},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in Europhysics Letters. 7 pages, 4 figures