Generalized Casimir Energies for systems with arbitrary ($\epsilon(z)$) planar geometry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The Casimir force between parallel plates of arbitrary kind is shown to be simply related to the plates transmission and reflection coefficient. A trivial application of this general relation leads to the known Lifshitz force between dielectrics as well as its generalizations.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912102,
title = {Generalized Casimir Energies for systems with arbitrary ($\epsilon(z)$) planar geometry},
author = {O. Kenneth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912102},
year = {2007}
}
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9 pages, latex