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View SchemaMedium-modified Casimir forces
| Authors | M. S. Tomas |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0511105 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511105 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0305-4470/39/21/S80 |
| Journal | J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006) 6785-6789 |
Abstract
We argue that the results for the vacuum forces on a slab and on an atom embedded in a magnetodielectric medium near a mirror, obtained using a recently suggested Lorentz-force approach to the Casimir effect, are equivalent to the corresponding results obtained in a traditional way. We also derive a general expression for the atom-atom force in a medium and extend a few classical results concerning this force in vacuum and dielectrics to magnetodielectric systems. This, for example, reveals that the (repulsive) interaction between atoms of different polarizability type is at small distances unaffected by a (weakly polarizable) medium.
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