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| Authors | Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9907105 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9907105 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s100530050041 |
| Journal | Eur.Phys.J. D8 (2000) 309-318 |
Abstract
We study the influence of finite conductivity of metals on the Casimir effect. We put the emphasis on explicit theoretical evaluations which can help comparing experimental results with theory. The reduction of the Casimir force is evaluated for plane metallic plates. The reduction of the Casimir energy in the same configuration is also calculated. It can be used to infer the reduction of the force in the plane-sphere geometry through the `proximity theorem'. Frequency dependent dielectric response functions of the metals are represented either by the simple plasma model or, more accurately, by using the optical data known for the metals used in recent experiments, that is Al, Au and Cu. In the two latter cases, the results obtained here differ significantly from those published recently.
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