Attractive electromagnetic Casimir stress on a spherical dielectric shell

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.09.025zbMATH Open1331.81268arXiv1305.5144OpenAlexW2095599210WikidataQ59276986 ScholiaQ59276986MaRDI QIDQ5963879FDOQ5963879

Herbert Weigel, Noah Graham, Markus Quandt

Publication date: 26 February 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Based on calculations involving an idealized boundary condition, it has long been assumed that the stress on a spherical conducting shell is repulsive. We use the more realistic case of a Drude dielectric to show that the stress is attractive, matching the generic behavior of Casimir forces in electromagnetism. We trace the discrepancy between these two cases to interactions between the electromagnetic quantum fluctuations and the dielectric material.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5144

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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