Nonmonotonic effects of parallel sidewalls on Casimir forces between cylinders

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dc.creatorRahi, Sahand Jamal
dc.creatorRodriguez, Alejandro W.
dc.creatorEmig, Thorsten
dc.creatorJaffe, Robert L.
dc.creatorJohnson, Steven G.
dc.creatorKardar, Mehran
dc.date2007-11-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:16:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:16:41Z
dc.descriptionWe analyze the Casimir force between two parallel infinite metal cylinders, with nearby metal plates (sidewalls), using complementary methods for mutual confirmation. The attractive force between cylinders is shown to have a nonmonotonic dependence on the separation to the plates. This intrinsically multi-body phenomenon, which occurs with either one or two sidewalls (generalizing an earlier result for squares between two sidewalls), does not follow from any simple two-body force description. We can, however, explain the nonmonotonicity by considering the screening (enhancement) of the interactions by the fluctuating charges (currents) on the two cylinders, and their images on the nearby plate(s). Furthermore, we show that this effect also implies a nonmonotonic dependence of the cylinder-plate force on the cylinder-cylinder separation.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1987
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1987
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 77, 030101(R) (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.77.030101
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173594
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleNonmonotonic effects of parallel sidewalls on Casimir forces between cylinders
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