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We present first worldline analytical and numerical results for the nontrivial interplay between geometry and temperature dependencies of the Casimir effect. We show that the temperature dependence of the Casimir force can be significantly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-28 Klaus Klingmuller , Holger Gies

For more than 35 years theorists have studied quantum or Casimir friction, which occurs when two smooth bodies move transversely to each other, experiencing a frictional dissipative force due to quantum electromagnetic fluctuations, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-17 K. A. Milton , J. S. Høye , I. Brevik

The Casimir effect, arising from vacuum quantum fluctuations, plays a fundamental role in the development of modern quantum electrodynamics. In parallel, the field of condensed matter has flourished through the discovery of various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Zixuan Dai , Qing-Dong Jiang

The normal Casimir force between a sinusoidally corrugated gold coated plate and a sphere was measured at various angles between the corrugations using an atomic force microscope. A strong dependence on the orientation angle of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. A. Banishev , J. Wagner , T. Emig , R. Zandi , U. Mohideen

The Casimir effect in quantum electrodynamics (QED) is perhaps the best-known example of fluctuation-induced long-ranged force acting on objects (conducting plates) immersed in a fluctuating medium (quantum electromagnetic field in vacuum).…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-13 Andrea Gambassi

Zero-point fluctuations in quantum fields give rise to observable forces between material bodies, the so-called Casimir forces. In this lecture I present some results of the theory of the Casimir effect, primarily formulated in terms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Kimball A. Milton

We present detailed calculations for the Casimir force between a plane and a nanostructured surface at finite temperature in the framework of the scattering theory. We then study numerically the effect of finite temperature as a function of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 R. Guérout , J. Lussange , H. B. Chan , A. Lambrecht , S. Reynaud

We discuss recent experimental and theoretical results on the Casimir force between real material bodies made of different materials. Special attention is paid to calculations of the normal Casimir force acting perpendicular to the surface…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-10 G. L. Klimchitskaya

A broadband electromagnetic source is important for scientific and technological applications. Quantum vacuum fluctuations, which manifest most prominently in the Casimir effect, provide a fundamentally broadband electromagnetic source.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Hideo Iizuka , Shanhui Fan

We review recent developments in the Casimir effect which arises in quantization volumes restricted by material boundaries and in spaces with non-Euclidean topology. The starting point of our discussion is the novel exact solution for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 V. M. Mostepanenko

We provide a review of both new experimental and theoretical developments in the Casimir effect. The Casimir effect results from the alteration by the boundaries of the zero-point electromagnetic energy. Unique to the Casimir force is its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Bordag , U. Mohideen , V. M. Mostepanenko

The Casimir force between dissipative metallic mirrors at non zero temperature has recently given rise to contradictory claims which have raised doubts about the theoretical expression of the force. In order to contribute to the resolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Serge Reynaud , Astrid Lambrecht , Cyriaque Genet

Fluctuation-induced forces, primarily represented by quantum and critical Casimir effects, play a pivotal role at the nanoscale. This review explores the theoretical and experimental landscapes of these forces, offering a comprehensive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Roberto Passante , Lucia Rizzuto , Peter Schall , Emanuele Marino

In discussions of the cosmological constant, the Casimir effect is often invoked as decisive evidence that the zero point energies of quantum fields are "real''. On the contrary, Casimir effects can be formulated and Casimir forces can be…

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

Theory of the Casimir effect is presented in several examples. Casimir - Polder type formulas, Lifshitz theory and theory of the Casimir effect for two gratings separated by a vacuum slit are derived. Equations for the electromagnetic field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Valery N. Marachevsky

The zero-point quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field in vacuum are known to give rise to a long-range attractive force between metal plates (Casimir effect). For ferromagnetic layers separated by vacuum, it is shown that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Bruno

In this talk I review various developments in the past year concerning quantum vacuum energy, the Casimir effect. In particular, there has been continuing controversy surrounding the temperature correction to the Lifshitz formula for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-05-12 K. A. Milton

A novel approach for calculating Casimir forces between periodically deformed objects is developed. This approach allows, for the first time, a rigorous non-perturbative treatment of the Casimir effect for disconnected objects beyond…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-12-17 Thorsten Emig

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

We measure the Casimir force between a gold sphere and a silicon plate with nanoscale, rectangular corrugations with depth comparable to the separation between the surfaces. In the proximity force approximation (PFA), both the top and…