Published April 1, 2009
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Journal article
On the accuracy of the PFA: Analogies between Casimir and electrostatic forces
- 1. Departamento de Fisica Juan Jose Giambiagi, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon I, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Description
We present an overview of the validity of the Proximity Force Approximation (PFA) in the calculation of Casimir forces between perfect conductors for different geometries, with particular emphasis for the configuration of a cylinder in front of a plane. In all cases we compare the exact numerical results with those of PFA, and with asymptotic expansions that include the next to leading order corrections. We also discuss the similarities and differences between the results for Casimir and electrostatic forces.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/161/1/012015Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 161
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [15 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- International workshop on 60 years of the Casimir effect
- Dates
- 23-27 Jun 2008
- Place
- Brasilia, DF (Brazil)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41103509
- Subject category
- S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- APPROXIMATIONS; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CASIMIR EFFECT; CYLINDERS; GEOMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICS