A theory of electromagnetic fluctuations for metallic surfaces and van der Waals interactions between metallic bodies

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dc.creatorBimonte, Giuseppe
dc.date2005-11-28
dc.date2006-04-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:47:05Z
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dc.descriptionA new general expression is derived for the fluctuating electromagnetic field outside a metal surface, in terms of its surface impedance. It provides a generalization to real metals of Lifshitz theory of molecular interactions between dielectric solids. The theory is used to compute the radiative heat transfer between two parallel metal surfaces at different temperatures. It is shown that a measurement of this quantity may provide an experimental resolution of a long-standing controversy about the effect of thermal corrections on the Casimir force between real metal plates.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures; typos corrected, minor changes to match the published version in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511248
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511248
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.96:160401,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.160401
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/183451
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleA theory of electromagnetic fluctuations for metallic surfaces and van der Waals interactions between metallic bodies
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