Electrostatic Background Forces due to Varying Contact Potentials in Casimir Experiments
| dc.creator | Lamoreaux, Steve K. | |
| dc.date | 2008-08-06 | |
| dc.date | 2008-09-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:02:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:02:21Z | |
| dc.description | The existence of a monotonic distance dependent contact potential between two plates in a Casimir experiment leads to an additional electrostatic force that is significantly different from the case of a constant potential. Such a varying potential can arise if there is a uniform gradient in the work function or contact potential across a plate, as opposed to random microscopic fluctuations associated with patch potentials. A procedure to compensate for this force is described for the case of an experiment where the electrostatic force is minimized at each measurement distance by applying a voltage between the plates. It is noted that the minimizing voltage is not the contact potential. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages version 2 points out that the determined V_a should not be included in the energy derivative for the force | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0885 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0885 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/168947 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Electrostatic Background Forces due to Varying Contact Potentials in Casimir Experiments | |
| dc.type | text |