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Casimir Physics

Author : Diego Dalvit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364220287X
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Casimir Physics written by Diego Dalvit and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casimir effects serve as primary examples of directly observable manifestations of the nontrivial properties of quantum fields, and as such are attracting increasing interest from quantum field theorists, particle physicists, and cosmologists. Furthermore, though very weak except at short distances, Casimir forces are universal in the sense that all material objects are subject to them. They are thus also an increasingly important part of the physics of atom-surface interactions, while in nanotechnology they are being investigated not only as contributors to ‘stiction’ but also as potential mechanisms for actuating micro-electromechanical devices. While the field of Casimir physics is expanding rapidly, it has reached a level of maturity in some important respects: on the experimental side, where most sources of imprecision in force measurements have been identified as well as on the theoretical side, where, for example, semi-analytical and numerical methods for the computation of Casimir forces between bodies of arbitrary shape have been successfully developed. This book is, then, a timely and comprehensive guide to the essence of Casimir (and Casimir-Polder) physics that will have lasting value, serving the dual purpose of an introduction and reference to the field. While this volume is not intended to be a unified textbook, but rather a collection of largely independent chapters written by prominent experts in the field, the detailed and carefully written articles adopt a style that should appeal to non-specialist researchers in the field as well as to a broader audience of graduate students.

The Casimir Effect and Its Applications

Author : Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich Mostepanenko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198539988
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Casimir Effect and Its Applications written by Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich Mostepanenko and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of value to the general scientific public, this is the first book in the world scientific literature devoted to the Casimir effect. This topic has important applications in the fields of elementary particle physics, statistical physics, quantum field theory, gravitation and cosmology.

The Casimir Effect

Author : K. A. Milton
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789812810526
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Casimir Effect written by K. A. Milton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its simplest manifestation, the Casimir effect is a quantum force of attraction between two parallel uncharged conducting plates. More generally, it refers to the interaction OCo which may be either attractive or repulsive OCo between material bodies due to quantum fluctuations in whatever fields are relevant. It is a local version of the van der Waals force between molecules. Its sweep ranges from perhaps its being the origin of the cosmological constant to its being responsible for the confinement of quarks. This monograph develops the theory of such forces, based primarily on physically transparent Green''s function techniques, and makes applications from quarks to the cosmos, as well as observable consequences in condensed matter systems. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, quantum field theory, and applied mathematics. Contents: Introduction to the Casimir Effect; Casimir Force Between Parallel Plates; Casimir Force Between Parallel Dielectrics; Casimir Effect with Perfect Spherical; The Casimir Effect of a Dielectric Ball: The Equivalence of the Casimir Effect and van der Waals Forces; Application to Hadronic Physics: Zero-Point Energy in the Bag Model; Casimir Effect in Cylindrical Geometries; Casimir Effect in Two Dimensions: The Maxwell-Chern-Simons Casimir Effect; Casimir Effect on a D -dimensional Sphere; Cosmological Implications of the Casimir Effect; Local Effects; Sonoluminescene and the Dynamical Casimir Effect; Radiative Corrections to the Casimir Effect; Conclusions and Outlook; Appendices: Relation of Contour Integral Method to Green''s Function Approach; Casimir Effect for a Closed String. Readership: High-energy, condensed-matter and nuclear physicists."

Advances in the Casimir Effect

Author : Michael Bordag
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191579882
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Advances in the Casimir Effect written by Michael Bordag and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies. For the benefit of the reader, the book assembles field-theoretical foundations of this phenomenon, applications of the general theory to real materials, and a comprehensive description of all recently performed measurements of the Casimir force with a comparison between experiment and theory. There is an urgent need for a book of this type, given the increase of interest in forces originating from the quantum vacuum. Numerous new results have been obtained in the last few years which are not reflected in previous books on the subject, but which are very promising for fundamental science and nanotechnology. The book is a unique source of information presenting a critical assessment of all the main results and approaches from hundreds of journal papers. It also outlines new ideas which have not yet been universally accepted but which are finding increasing support from experiment.

Memorial Tributes

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309437296
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Memorial Tributes written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-10-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 20th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in this book.

Surprises in Theoretical Casimir Physics

Author : William M.R. Simpson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319093150
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Surprises in Theoretical Casimir Physics written by William M.R. Simpson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite more than half a century of theoretical work, the Casimir effect is still not as fully understood as some suppose. In this treatise, the author uncovers new puzzles and paradoxes concerning this mysterious phenomenon. In particular, he clearly demonstrates that the most sophisticated theories fail when confronted with dielectrics in which the refractive index is not uniform but gradually changes.

Forces of the Quantum Vacuum

Author : William M R Simpson
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9814644773
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Forces of the Quantum Vacuum written by William M R Simpson and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forces of the Quantum Vacuum presents a number of theoretical approaches to Casimir, van der Waals and Casimir–Polder forces that have been fruitfully employed in mainstream research, and also reviews the experimental evidence for Casimir forces. Beginning with basic ideas in quantum mechanics and building its way to a sophisticated form of macroscopic QED, the book provides an inspiring training manual for graduate students to develop in a natural progression the ideas needed for modern theoretical research on Casimir forces.

State Of The Quantum Vacuum, The: Casimir Physics In The 2020's

Author : Kimball A Milton
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811266093
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book State Of The Quantum Vacuum, The: Casimir Physics In The 2020's written by Kimball A Milton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review volume is intended to survey the field of quantum fluctuational phenomena induced by material bodies, which is commonly encompassed under the name of Casimir physics. H B G Casimir first discovered that zero-point fluctuations in the electromagnetic field caused an attractive force between closely separated metallic plates. Now — 75 years later — the field is burgeoning, with numerous experimental verifications and applications to practical devices starting to emerge.In this book, new ideas about Casimir physics are brought to bear on such diverse subjects as cosmology, where the Casimir energy may explain the dark energy that causes the cosmic repulsion, and nonstatic regimes, such as Casimir or quantum friction. Unsolved problems, including divergences in Casimir self-energies, the meaning of local energy densities in inhomogeneous backgrounds, and discrepancies between theory and experiment, are treated in some detail. It is hoped that this collection of papers will serve as an introduction to the field for newcomers to the subject, and that it will inspire a new burst of research into the nature of the quantum vacuum.

Haphazard Reality: Half a Century of Science

Author : Hendrik B.G. Casimir
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haphazard Reality: Half a Century of Science written by Hendrik B.G. Casimir and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An outstanding scientific autobiography... I remain impressed by its thoughtfulness and charm.” — Steve K. Lamoreaux, American Journal of Physics “[A] rich autobiography and history-of-atomic-physics... One is impressed by Casimir’s memory for detail and zeal to find corroboration for the stories he tells. And they are splendid tales: Gamow’s playful pranks in Copenhagen: conversations with Lev Landau, ardent revolutionary but no Marxist; the tragedy of Ehrenfest, who killed himself after shooting his hopelessly retarded son... A charming, idiosyncratic, and meaningful account of events and personalities that changed physics.” — Kirkus “I myself read [this book] with fascination, meeting old friends such as Gamow, Landau, Kramers, and learning much more about them... Also in the book are character sketches of those who made physics in the Netherlands such as Lorentz, Kamerlingh Onnes and Ehrenfest, the latter remembered with the greatest affection by the author.” — Sir Nevill Mott, Contemporary Physics “The book... contains a valuable, entertaining and insightful collection of vignettes of many of the physicists Casimir has associated with[,]... Lorentz, Ehrenfest, Bohr, Pauli, with whom he studied; Goudsmit, Uhlenbeck, Landau, Gamov, members of his own generation; Kramers, Gorter, de Haas, colleagues in Dutch academic circles; Holst and Loupart, colleagues at the Philips Laboratories. Haphazard Reality also offers valuable insights into Dutch middle class culture and a rewarding overview of Dutch educational and scientific establishments... Casimir is a master at deftly and sensitively conveying the psychological ambiance of his surroundings. His description of the brilliant young theoretical physicists around Bohr in the early thirties conveys not only the style of doing physics but also delineates the issues addressed by outlining the content of their researches.” — S. S. Schweber, 4S Review “Engaging reminiscences by an important Dutch physicist of conversations with the major contributors to 20th-century physics. An overly modest, but otherwise balanced account of his own experiences and contributions from his early years at Leiden to his directorship of the Philips Laboratory.” — The Antioch Review “Haphazard Reality paints a vivid and insightful picture of the development of modern physics.” — Steve K. Lamoreaux, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

Casimir Effect, The: Physical Manifestations Of Zero-point Energy

Author : Kimball A Milton
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814492507
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Casimir Effect, The: Physical Manifestations Of Zero-point Energy written by Kimball A Milton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-10-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its simplest manifestation, the Casimir effect is a quantum force of attraction between two parallel uncharged conducting plates. More generally, it refers to the interaction — which may be either attractive or repulsive — between material bodies due to quantum fluctuations in whatever fields are relevant. It is a local version of the van der Waals force between molecules. Its sweep ranges from perhaps its being the origin of the cosmological constant to its being responsible for the confinement of quarks.This monograph develops the theory of such forces, based primarily on physically transparent Green's function techniques, and makes applications from quarks to the cosmos, as well as observable consequences in condensed matter systems. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, quantum field theory, and applied mathematics.

Advances in the Casimir Effect

Author : Michael Bordag
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019923874X
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Advances in the Casimir Effect written by Michael Bordag and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive sourcebook, distilled from hundreds of recently published papers, about the Casimir effect: the small forces originating from the quantum vacuum and acting between closely spaced bodies. It brings together developments in experiment and theory, fundamental and applied aspects of the Casimir force.

Dispersion Forces I

Author : Stefan Yoshi Buhmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642324843
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Dispersion Forces I written by Stefan Yoshi Buhmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions

Author : Bo E. Sernelius
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319998315
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions written by Bo E. Sernelius and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a self-contained derivation of van der Waals and Casimir type dispersion forces, covering the interactions between two atoms but also between microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic objects of various shapes and materials. It also presents detailed and general prescriptions for finding the normal modes and the interactions in layered systems of planar, spherical and cylindrical types, with two-dimensional sheets, such as graphene incorporated in the formalism. A detailed derivation of the van der Waals force and Casimir-Polder force between two polarizable atoms serves as the starting point for the discussion of forces: Dispersion forces, of van der Waals and Casimir type, act on bodies of all size, from atoms up to macroscopic objects. The smaller the object the more these forces dominate and as a result they play a key role in modern nanotechnology through effects such as stiction. They show up in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and even cosmology. Written by a condensed matter physicist in the language of condensed matter physics, the book shows readers how to obtain the electromagnetic normal modes, which for metallic systems, is especially useful in the field of plasmonics.

Long-Range Casimir Forces

Author : Frank S. Levin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489912282
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Long-Range Casimir Forces written by Frank S. Levin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series, Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, is intended to provide timely reviews of current research topics, written in a style sufficiently pedagogic so as to allow a nonexpert to grasp the underlying ideas as well as understand technical details. The series is an outgrowth of our involvement with three interdis ciplinary activities, namely, those arising from the American Physical Society's Topical Group on Few Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynam ics, the series of Gordon Research Conferences first known by the title "Few Body Problems in Chemistry and Physics" and later renamed "Dynamics of Simple Systems in Chemistry and Physics," and the series of Sanibel Symposia, sponsored in part by the University of Florida. The vitality of these activities and the enthusiastic response to them by researchers in various subfields of physics and chemistry have convinced us that there is a place--even a need-for a series of timely reviews on topics of interest not only to a narrow band of experts but also to a broader, interdisciplinary readership. It is our hope that the emphasis on pedagogy will permit at least some of the books in the series to be useful in graduate-level courses. Rather than use the adjective "Few-Body" or "Simple" to modify the word "Systems" in the title, we have chosen "Finite. " It better expresses the wide range of systems with which the reviews of the series may deal.

Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09)

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ISBN 13 : 9814466239
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09)

Author : Kimball A. Milton
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981428985X
Total Pages : 563 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09) written by Kimball A. Milton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: QFEXT is the leading international conference held every two years, highlighting progress in quantum vacuum energy phenomena, the Casimir effect, and related topics, both experimentally and theoretically. Most of the key players in the field are expected to be present. Thus the proceedings will be the definitive source of information on this field, which is playing an increasingly important role in nanotechnology and in understanding fundamental issues in physics such as renormalization and in the search for new physics such as fifth forces and dark energy. Proceedings of previous conferences in this series have been important, and like the conferences they summarize, have led to major progress in the two subsequent years. This is because, the fundamental aspects of quantum field theory; applications of all branches of physics, chemistry, nanoscience, and astrophysics; mathematical and experimental techniques described have wide applications and all leading groups and scientists working in this field will be represented.

The Casimir Effect in Critical Systems

Author : Michael Krech
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810218454
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book The Casimir Effect in Critical Systems written by Michael Krech and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-known Casimir effect has a direct analogue in systems near critical or multicritical points. Critical fluctuations in systems confined to finite geometries lead to attractive or repulsive forces between system boundaries. These forces influence the formation of wetting layers of liquid 4He or binary liquid mixtures near critical points in these fluids. With the aid of recently developed versions of the atomic force microscope, these forces appear to be directly measurable. The book contains an introduction to the physics of critical phenomena and reviews the most recent developments in the theory of finite-size scaling. A detailed discussion of the Casimir effect and related questions follows. The analysis of quantitative effects on the specific heat of critical films, the formation of wetting layers, and force measurements finish the presentation. This is perhaps the first book on the critical Casimir effect.