Comment on the sign of the Casimir force

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dc.creatorBachas, C. P.
dc.date2006-11-08
dc.date2007-04-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:24:12Z
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dc.descriptionI show that reflection positivity implies that the force between any mirror pair of charge-conjugate probes of the quantum vacuum is attractive. This generalizes a recent theorem of Kenneth and Klich to interacting quantum fields, to arbitrary semiclassical bodies, and to quantized probes with non-overlapping wavefunctions. I also prove that the torques on charge-conjugate probes tend always to rotate them into a mirror-symmetric position.
dc.description13 pages, 1 figure, Latex file. Several points clarified and expanded, two references added.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611082
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611082
dc.identifierJ.Phys.A40:9089-9096,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1751-8113/40/30/028
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195149
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleComment on the sign of the Casimir force
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