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The Casimir energy for a massless scalar field between the closely spaced two concentric D-dimensional (for D>3) spheres is calculated by using the mode summation with contour integration in the complex plane of eigenfrequencies and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-20 Mustafa Özcan

We derive upper and lower bounds on the Casimir--Polder force between an anisotropic dipolar body and a macroscopic body separated by vacuum via algebraic properties of Maxwell's equations. These bounds require only a coarse…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-27 Prashanth S. Venkataram , Sean Molesky , Pengning Chao , Alejandro W. Rodriguez

We study the Casimir energy of a massless scalar field that obeys Dirichlet boundary conditions on a hyperboloid facing a plate. We use the optical approximation including the first six reflections and compare the results with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Schroeder , A. Scardicchio , R. L. Jaffe

We derive the lateral Casimir-Polder force on a ground state atom on top of a corrugated surface, up to first order in the corrugation amplitude. Our calculation is based on the scattering approach, which takes into account nonspecular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Diego A. R. Dalvit , Paulo A. Maia Neto , Astrid Lambrecht , Serge Reynaud

We present a simple formalism for the evaluation of the Casimir energy for two spheres and a sphere and a plane, in case of a scalar fluctuating field, valid at any separations. We compare the exact results with various approximation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Aurel Bulgac , Piotr Magierski , Andreas Wirzba

In this paper aiming to obtain the Casimir energy between a sinusoidally corrugated sphere and a plate, we first present a derivation of the sphere-plate Casimir force obtained by applying proximity force approximation (PFA). One may…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-04-08 M. R. Setare , A. Seyedzahedi

In this paper we utilize $\zeta$-function regularization techniques in order to compute the Casimir force for massless scalar fields subject to Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions in the setting of the conical piston. The piston…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-14 Guglielmo Fucci , Klaus Kirsten

We develop a spectral representation formalism to calculate the Casimir force in the non-retarded limit, between a spherical particle and a substrate, both with arbitrary local dielectric properties. This spectral formalism allows one to do…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cecilia Noguez , C. E. Roman-Velazquez

We investigate the Casimir force between two dissimilar plane mirrors the material properties of which are described by Drude or Lorentz models. We calculate analytically the short and long distance asymptote of the force and relate its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 A. Lambrecht , I. G. Pirozhenko

The proximity force approximation (PFA) relates the interaction between closely spaced, smoothly curved objects to the force between parallel plates. Precision experiments on Casimir forces necessitate, and spur research on, corrections to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-30 G. Bimonte , T. Emig , R. L. Jaffe , M. Kardar

We calculate the dispersive force between a ground state atom and a non planar surface. We present explicit results for a corrugated surface, derived from the scattering approach at first order in the corrugation amplitude. A variety of…

The lateral Casimir force between two corrugated metallic plates makes possible a study of the nontrivial interplay of geometry and Casimir effect appearing beyond the regime of validity of the Proximity Force Approximation (PFA).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-06-18 Robson B. Rodrigues , Paulo A. Maia Neto , Astrid Lambrecht , Serge Reynaud

I examine the effect of trying to impose a Dirichlet boundary condition on a scalar field by coupling it to a static background. The zero point -- or Casimir -- energy of the field diverges in the limit that the background forces the field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 R. L. Jaffe

The Casimir effect giving rise to an attractive force between the closely spaced two concentric spheres that confine the massless scalar field is calculated by using a direct mode summation with contour integration in the complex plane of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-19 Mustafa Ozcan

We analyze the dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar field confined between two concentric spherical shells which impose on the field mixed boundary conditions. We thus complement a previous result [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{78}, 032521…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-27 F. Pascoal , L. C. Céleri , S. S. Mizrahi , M. H. Y. Moussa , C. Farina

Casimir-Polder interactions are considered in an inhomogeneous, dispersive background. We consider both the interaction between a polarizable atom and a perfectly conducting wall, and between such an atom and a plane interface between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-19 Kimball A. Milton

We consider the finite temperature Casimir force acting on two parallel plates in a closed cylinder with the same cross section of arbitrary shape in the presence of extra dimensions. Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed on one plate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 L. P. Teo , K. Kirsten

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…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-08 Ulf Leonhardt

The interaction between a polarizable particle and a reflecting wall is examined. A macroscopic approach is adopted in which the averaged force is computed from the Maxwell stress tensor. The particular case of a perfectly reflecting wall…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. H. Ford

The Casimir Energy of a spherical surface characterized by its surface impedance is calculated. The material properties of the boundary are described by means of the Drude model, so that a generalization of previous results is obtained. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-12 Luigi Rosa , Lucia Trozzo