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Comment on "Quantum Friction - Fact or Fiction?"

Quantum Physics 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

If quantum friction existed [J.B. Pendry, New J. Phys. 12, 033028 (2010)] an unlimited amount of useful energy could be extracted from the quantum vacuum and Lifshitz theory would fail. Both are unlikely to be true.

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@article{arxiv.1003.3198,
  title  = {Comment on "Quantum Friction - Fact or Fiction?"},
  author = {Ulf Leonhardt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3198},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Comment on J.B. Pendry, New J. Phys. 12, 033028 (2010)

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