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We study the effects of the oscillating axion field present in our environment on the Casimir pressure between two metallic plates. We take into account the finite conductivity of the boundary plates and model the interactions between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-31 Philippe Brax , Pierre Brun

We consider the Casimir interaction energy between a plane and a sphere of radius $R$ at finite temperature $T$ as a function of the distance of closest approach $L$. Typical experimental conditions are such that the thermal wavelength…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Vinicius Henning , Benjamin Spreng , Paulo A. Maia Neto , Gert-Ludwig Ingold

The nonlinear dynamics of a cylindrical pinion that is kept at a distance from a vibrating rack is studied, and it is shown that the lateral Casimir force between the two corrugated surfaces can be rectified. The effects of friction and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Arash Ashourvan , MirFaez Miri , Ramin Golestanian

The Casimir effect for parallel plates within the frame of five-dimensional Randall-Sundrum model with two branes is reexamined. We argue that the nature of Casimir force is repulsive if the distance between the plates is not extremely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-12 Hongbo Cheng

We investigate the Casimir pressure between two parallel plates made of magnetic materials at nonzero temperature. It is shown that for real magnetodielectric materials only the magnetic properties of ferromagnets can influence the Casimir…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 G. L. Klimchitskaya , B. Geyer , V. M. Mostepanenko

We study the geometry dependence of the Casimir energy for deformed metal plates by a path integral quantization of the electromagnetic field. For the first time, we give a complete analytical result for the deformation induced change in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thorsten Emig , Andreas Hanke , Ramin Golestanian , Mehran Kardar

A multiple scattering formulation is used to calculate the force, arising from fluctuating scalar fields, between distinct bodies described by $\delta$-function potentials, so-called semitransparent bodies. (In the limit of strong coupling,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Kimball A. Milton , Jef Wagner

We describe a three-dimensional geometry that exhibits a repulsive Casimir force using ordinary metallic materials, as computed via an exact numerical method (no uncontrolled approximations). The geometry consists of a zippelike,…

The Casimir force follows from quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field and yields a nonlinear attractive force between closely spaced conductive objects. Measuring the Casimir force in superconducting materials on either side of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Matthijs H. J. de Jong , Evren Korkmazgil , Louise Banniard , Mika A. Sillanpää , Laure Mercier de Lépinay

In this paper, we study the Casimir effect in the classical geometry of two parallel conducting plates, separated by a distance $L$, due to the presence of a minimal length $\lambda$ arising from a background independent (polymer)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-26 C. A. Escobar , E. Chan-López , A. Martín-Ruiz

We have developed an exact, general method to compute Casimir interactions between a finite number of compact objects of arbitrary shape and separation. Here, we present details of the method for a scalar field to illustrate our approach in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Emig , N. Graham , R. L. Jaffe , M. Kardar

Recently the influence of dielectric and geometrical properties on the Casimir force between dispersing and absorbing multilayered plates in the zero-temperature limit has been studied within a 1D quantization scheme for the electromagnetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Christian Raabe , Ludwig Knöll , Dirk-Gunnar Welsch

Radiative corrections to the Casimir force between two parallel plates are considered in both scalar field theory of one massless and one massive field and in QED. Full calculations are contrasted with calculations based on employing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Kirill Melnikov

In this article, we study the finite temperature Casimir effect for scalar field with Robin boundary conditions on two parallel plates in a background spacetime that has a compact internal manifold with arbitrary geometry. The finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 L. P. Teo

The impact of imperfections, which are always present on surfaces of lenses with centimeter-size curvature radii, on the Casimir force in the lens-plate geometry is investigated. It is shown that the commonly used formulation of the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-27 V. B. Bezerra , G. L. Klimchitskaya , U. Mohideen , V. M. Mostepanenko , C. Romero

We analyze the conditions for getting the Casimir repulsion between two nonequal plates. The force between plates with magnetic permeability defined by Drude or Lorentz models is calculated. The short and long distance limits of the force…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 I. G. Pirozhenko , A. Lambrecht

The Casimir force between conducting plates at rest in an inertial frame is usually computed in equal-time quantization, the natural choice for the given boundary conditions. We show that the well-known result obtained in this way can also…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-16 Sophia S. Chabysheva , John R. Hiller

The Casimir effect, reflecting quantum vacuum fluctuations in the electromagnetic field in a region with material boundaries, has been studied both theoretically and experimentally since 1948. The forces between dielectric and metallic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Iver Brevik , Simen A. Ellingsen , Kimball A. Milton

Casimir force searches provide among the most sensitive laboratory probes of new short range interactions. Existing constraints rely almost exclusively on a single geometry. We show that Casimir geometry constitutes an independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-25 Xiaolin Ma , Volodymyr Takhistov , Hideo Iizuka

The Casimir energy is computed in the geometry of interest for the most precise experiments, a plane and a sphere in electromagnetic vacuum. The scattering formula is developed on adapted plane-waves and multipole basis, leading to an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-31 Paulo A. Maia Neto , Astrid Lambrecht , Serge Reynaud