RECENT RESULTS ON THERMAL CASIMIR FORCE BETWEEN DIELECTRICS AND RELATED PROBLEMS

DOI10.1142/S0217751X06034227zbMATH Open1113.81125arXiv0704.1040OpenAlexW2963655159MaRDI QIDQ3422262FDOQ3422262

Authors: G. L. Klimchitskaya, V. M. Mostepanenko, B. Geyer 

Publication date: 9 February 2007

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

Abstract: We review recent results obtained in the physics of the thermal Casimir force acting between two dielectrics, dielectric and metal, and between metal and semiconductor. The detailed derivation for the low-temperature behavior of the Casimir free energy, pressure and entropy in the configuration of two real dielectric plates is presented. For dielectrics with finite static dielectric permittivity it is shown that the Nernst heat theorem is satisfied. Hence, the Lifshitz theory of the van der Waals and Casimir forces is demonstrated to be consistent with thermodynamics. The nonzero dc conductivity of dielectric plates is proved to lead to a violation of the Nernst heat theorem and, thus, is not related to the phenomenon of dispersion forces. The low-temperature asymptotics of the Casimir free energy, pressure and entropy are derived also in the configuration of one metal and one dielectric plate. The results are shown to be consistent with thermodynamics if the dielectric plate possesses a finite static dielectric permittivity. If the dc conductivity of a dielectric plate is taken into account this results in the violation of the Nernst heat theorem. We discuss both the experimental and theoretical results related to the Casimir interaction between metal and semiconductor with different charge carrier density. Discussions in the literature on the possible influence of spatial dispersion on the thermal Casimir force are analyzed. In conclusion, the conventional Lifshitz theory taking into account only the frequency dispersion remains the reliable foundation for the interpretation of all present experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1040

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zbMATH Keywords

Casimir forceLifshitz theorythermal corrections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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