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Efficient Evaluation of Casimir Force in Arbitrary Three-dimensional Geometries by Integral Equation Methods

Quantum Physics 2015-05-14 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we generalized the surface integral equation method for the evaluation of Casimir force in arbitrary three-dimensional geometries. Similar to the two-dimensional case, the evaluation of the mean Maxwell stress tensor is cast into solving a series of three-dimensional scattering problems. The formulation and solution of the three-dimensional scattering problem is well-studied in classical computational electromagnetics. This paper demonstrates that this quantum electrodynamic phenomena can be studied using the knowledge and techniques of classical electrodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1001.1169,
  title  = {Efficient Evaluation of Casimir Force in Arbitrary Three-dimensional Geometries by Integral Equation Methods},
  author = {Jie L. Xiong and Mei Song Tong and Phillip Atkins and Weng Cho Chew},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1169},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures