A note on the Lorentz force, magnetic charges and the Casimir effect
Quantum Physics
2013-04-18 v1
Abstract
We show that in order to account for the repulsive Casimir effect in the parallel plate geometry in terms of the quantum version of the Lorentz force, virtual surface densities of magnetic charges and currents must be introduced. The quantum version of the Lorentz force expressed in terms of the correlators of the electric and magnetic fields for planar geometries yields then correctly the Casimir pressure.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0301021,
title = {A note on the Lorentz force, magnetic charges and the Casimir effect},
author = {C. Farina and F. C. Santos and A. C. Tort},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0301021},
year = {2013}
}
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