Contrasting interactions between dipole oscillators in classical and quantum theories: illustrations of unretarded van der Waals forces

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AAADF5zbMath1398.82026arXiv1804.03542OpenAlexW3100466461MaRDI QIDQ4683465

Timothy H. Boyer

Publication date: 21 September 2018

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03542

zbMATH Keywords

thermal equilibriumharmonic oscillatorsclassical zero-point radiationunretarded van der Waals forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability for problems in linear vibration theory (70J25) Antennas, waveguides in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A50) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Molecular physics (81V55) Statistical mechanics of gases (82D05) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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