Generalized Casimir Energies for systems with arbitrary (ε(z)) planar geometry

1999/12/13 by Oded Kenneth, O. Kenneth, Kenneth, O.
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9912102

9 pages, latex

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Abstract

The Casimir force between parallel plates of arbitrary kind is shown to be simply related to the plates transmission and reflection coefficient. A trivial application of this general relation leads to the known Lifshitz force between dielectrics as well as its generalizations.

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