Radiation Pressure Approach to the Repulsive Casimir Force
Abstract
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We study the Casimir force between a perfectly conducting and an infinitely permeable plate with the radiation pressure approach. This method illustrates how a repulsive force arises as a consequence of the redistribution of the vacuum-field modes corresponding to specific boundary conditions. We discuss also how the method of the zero-point radiation pressure follows from QED.
11 pages, Revised summary of talk given to ITAMP Topical Group on Casimir Forces, Cambridge, MA, March 16-27, 1998
11 pages, Revised summary of talk given to ITAMP Topical Group on Casimir Forces, Cambridge, MA, March 16-27, 1998