Edge effects in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force

Qun Wei; Roberto Onofrio

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2010.03.035

Edge effects in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force

Quantum Physics 2011-04-07 v1 Computational Physics Instrumentation and Detectors

Authors: Qun Wei , Roberto Onofrio

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Abstract

We have performed numerical simulations to evaluate the effect on the capacitance of finite size boundaries realistically present in the parallel plane, sphere-plane, and cylinder-plane geometries. The potential impact of edge effects in assessing the accuracy of the parameters obtained in the electrostatic calibrations of Casimir force experiments is then discussed.

Keywords

Casimir force electrostatic calibration edge effects capacitance numerical simulation finite size boundaries

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@article{arxiv.1101.1480,
  title  = {Edge effects in electrostatic calibrations for the measurement of the Casimir force},
  author = {Qun Wei and Roberto Onofrio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1480},
  year   = {2011}
}

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