Comment on Self-Stress on a Dielectric Ball and Casimir-Polder Forces
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-10-08 v1
Abstract
In our paper [Ann. Phys. (NY) 395, 326 (2018)] we calculate the Casimir stress on a sphere immersed in a homogeneous background, assuming dispersionless dielectrics. Our results appear to challenge the conventional picture of Casimir forces. The paper [arXiv:1909.05721] criticises our approach without offering an alternative. In particular, the paper [arXiv:1909.05721] claims that we have made an unjustified mathematical step. This brief comment clarifies the matter.
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@article{arxiv.1910.02604,
title = {Comment on Self-Stress on a Dielectric Ball and Casimir-Polder Forces},
author = {Ulf Leonhardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02604},
year = {2019}
}