Published August 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Casimir repulsion in moving media

  • 1. Departamento de Engenharia Electrotecnica, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Universidade de Coimbra, Polo II,P-3030-290 Coimbra (Portugal)

Description

The Casimir-Lifshitz interaction emerging from the relative movement of layers in stratified dielectric media (e.g., nonuniformly moving fluids) is considered. It is shown that such movement may result in a repulsive Casimir-Lifshitz force exerted on the layers, with the simplest possible structure consisting of three adjacent layers of the same dielectric medium at zero temperature, where the middle one is stationary and the other two are sliding along a direction parallel to the interfaces of the layers.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022506-022506.16
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44034547
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUCTUATIONS; INTERACTIONS; LAYERS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; MATERIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; VARIATIONS

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