PROBLEMS IN THE LIFSHITZ THEORY OF ATOM-WALL INTERACTION

DOI10.1142/S0217751X09045352zbMATH Open1170.81408arXiv0904.4892MaRDI QIDQ3397935FDOQ3397935

Authors: G. L. Klimchitskaya, E. V. Blagov, V. M. Mostepanenko 

Publication date: 25 September 2009

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Problems in the Lifshitz theory of atom-wall interaction arise when the dc conductivity of dielectric wall is included into the model of the dielectric response. We review the low-temperature behavior of the free energy and entropy of dispersion interaction for both dielectric and metallic walls. Consistency of the obtained results with thermodynamics and experimental data is analyzed. Recent attempts to include the screening effects and diffusion currents into the Lifshitz theory are considered. It is shown that this leads to the violation of the Nernst heat theorem for wide classes of wall materials. The physical reasons for the emergence of thermodynamic and experimental inconsistencies are elucidated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4892

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zbMATH Keywords

screening effectsNernst's heat theoremCasimir--Polder force

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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