Advances in the Casimir Effect
Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics; 145;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 November 2014
- ISBN 9780198719984
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages778 pages
- Size 234x153x33 mm
- Weight 1266 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 120 b/w illustrations 0
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Short description:
This book is a comprehensive sourcebook, distilled from hundreds of recently published papers, about the Casimir effect: the small forces originating from the quantum vacuum and acting between closely spaced bodies. It brings together developments in experiment and theory, fundamental and applied aspects of the Casimir force.
MoreLong description:
The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies. For the benefit of the reader, the book assembles field-theoretical foundations of this phenomenon, applications of the general theory to real materials, and a comprehensive description of all recently performed measurements of the Casimir force with a comparison between experiment and theory. There is an urgent need for a book of this type, given the increase of interest in forces originating from the quantum vacuum. Numerous new results have been obtained in the last few years which are not reflected in previous books on the subject, but which are very promising for fundamental science and nanotechnology. The book is a unique source of information presenting a critical assessment of all the main results and approaches from hundreds of journal papers. It also outlines new ideas which have not yet been universally accepted but which are finding increasing support from experiment.
This is the first modern, comprehensive book on the Casimir effect, a very timely subject of growing importance and general appeal in physics. Although the Casimir effect has been an intriguing subject on its own right for more than half a century, it is experiencing a renaissance at the moment, because only fairly recently first precise measurements of the Casimir force have been made and because the Casimir effect is becoming important in nanotechnology.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
I: PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE CASIMIR EFFECT FOR IDEAL BOUNDARIES
Simple models of the Casimir effect
Field quantization and vacuum energy in the presence of boundaries
Regularization and renormalization of the vacuum energy
The Casimir effect at nonzero temperature
Approximate and numerical approaches to the Casimir effect
The Casimir effect for two ideal metal planes
The Casimir effect in rectangular boxes
Single spherical and cylindrical boundaries
The Casimir force between objects of arbitrary shape
Spaces with non-Euclidean topology
II: THE CASIMIR FORCE BETWEEN REAL BODIES
The Lifshitz theory of van der Waals and Casimir forces between plane dielectrics
The Casimir interaction between plates made of real metals at zero temperature
The Casimir interaction between real metals at nonzero temperature
The Casimir interaction between metal and dielectric
The Lifshitz theory of atom-wall interaction
The Casimir force between rough and corrugated surfaces
III: MEASUREMENTS OF THE CASIMIR FORCE AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN BOTH FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
General requirements for Casimir force measurements
Measurements of the Casimir force between equals
Measurements of the Casimir force with semiconductors
Measurements of the Casimir force in configurations with corrugated surfaces
Measurement of the Casimir-Polder force
Applications of the Casimir force in nanotechnology
Constraints on hypothetical interactions from the Casimir effect
Conclusions and outlook
