Published January 1, 2005
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Journal article
The Casimir force: background, experiments, and applications
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Physics Division P-23, M.S. H803, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
Description
The Casimir force, which is the attraction of two uncharged material bodies due to modification of the zero-point energy associated with the electromagnetic modes in the space between them, has been measured with per cent-level accuracy in a number of recent experiments. A review of the theory of the Casimir force and its corrections for real materials and finite temperature are presented in this report. Applications of the theory to a number of practical problems are discussed
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0034-4885/68/201/rpp5_1_R04.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Reports on Progress in Physics (ISSN 1361-6633) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0034-4885/68/201/rpp5_1_R04.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0034-4885/68/1/R04;
- PII
- S0034-4885(05)25221-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Journal Volume
- 68
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 201-236
- ISSN
- 0034-4885
- CODEN
- RPPHAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36035618
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; CASIMIR EFFECT; CORRECTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY LEVELS; MODIFICATIONS