The electromagnetic field near a dielectric half-space
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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/10/011zbMATH Open0946.78004arXivhep-th/9810131OpenAlexW3098328698WikidataQ56054465 ScholiaQ56054465MaRDI QIDQ4258293FDOQ4258293
Adam D. Helfer, Andrew S.I.D. Lang
Publication date: 1999
Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We compute the expectations of the squares of the electric and magnetic fields in the vacuum region outside a half-space filled with a uniform non-dispersive dielectric. This gives predictions for the Casimir-Polder force on an atom in the `retarded' regime near a dielectric. We also find a positive energy density due to the electromagnetic field. This would lead, in the case of two parallel dielectric half-spaces, to a positive, separation-independent contribution to the energy density, besides the negative, separation-dependent Casimir energy. Rough estimates suggest that for a very wide range of cases, perhaps including all realizable ones, the total energy density between the half-spaces is positive.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9810131
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