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Dispersion Forces I: Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics and Ground-State Casimir, Casimir–Polder and van der Waals Forces

By Stefan Yoshi Buhmann (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
978-3-642-32483-3, 978-3-642-32484-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-32484-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4471104 bytes)
Series
Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 247
Edition
1
Pages
330\345
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
MolecularNanotechnology;Structural Materials;Quantum PhysicOptical and Plasma Physics

Description

Dispersion forces acting on both atoms and bodies play a key role in modern nanotechnology. As demonstrated in this book, macroscopic quantum electrodynamics provides a powerful method for understanding and quantifying dispersion forces in a vast range of realistic scenarios. The basic physical concepts and theoretical steps allow for the derivation of outlined general expressions for dispersion forces. As illustrated by a number of examples, these expressions can easily be used to study forces between objects of various shapes and materials, including effects like material absorption, nontrivial magnetic properties and dynamical forces asssociated with excited systems.

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