Generalized plasma-like permittivity and thermal Casimir force between real metals
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Optics
Abstract
The physical reasons why the Drude dielectric function is not compatible with the Lifshitz formula, as opposed to the generalized plasma-like permittivity, are presented. Essentially, the problem is connected with the finite size of metal plates. It is shown that the Lifshitz theory combined with the generalized plasma-like permittivity is thermodynamically consistent.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.0254,
title = {Generalized plasma-like permittivity and thermal Casimir force between real metals},
author = {B. Geyer and G. L. Klimchitskaya and V. M. Mostepanenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0254},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
17 pages, iopart.cls is used, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor