The Casimir force for arbitrary three-dimensional objects with low frequency methods

Author

Atkins, P.R. ; Chew, W.C. ; Dai, Q.I. ; Sha, W.E.I.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

There has been much progress in recent years in the simulation of Casimir forces between various objects. Current methods have allowed traditional computational electromagnetic solvers to be used to find the Casimir forces in arbitrary three-dimensional objects. The underlying theory to these approaches requires knowledge and manipulation of advanced quantum field theory or quantum statistical physics. We present a means of deriving the Casimir force using the method of moments via the argument principle that presents a simplified derivation and greater freedom in the representation of the moment matrix.

Keywords

Casimir effect; computational electromagnetics; method of moments; Casimir force; advanced quantum field theory; arbitrary three-dimensional objects; argument principle; computational electromagnetic solvers; low-frequency methods; method of moments; moment matrix; quantum statistical physics; Casimir effect; Elementary particle vacuum; Equations; Geometry; Integral equations; Mathematical model; Moment methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6347956

Filename

6347956