Repulsive Casimir Forces, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Bahmanabadi, Mahmoud (Supervisor) ; Taghizadeh Firouzjaee, Javad (Supervisor)
Abstract
It is well known that the fluctuations of electromagnetic fields in vacuum or in material media depend on the boundary conditions imposed on the fields. This dependence gives rise to forces which are known as Casimir forces, acting on the boundaries. Casimir forces between similar and disjoint objects such as two conducting or dielectric bodies are known in most cases to be attractive.¬¬ These forces are sometimes viewed as the macroscopic consequence of Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder attraction between molecules. In this thesis at first, calculation of Casimir forces in simple models were demonstrated. Then Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces have been explained in a unified theory...
Cataloging briefRepulsive Casimir Forces, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Bahmanabadi, Mahmoud (Supervisor) ; Taghizadeh Firouzjaee, Javad (Supervisor)
Abstract
It is well known that the fluctuations of electromagnetic fields in vacuum or in material media depend on the boundary conditions imposed on the fields. This dependence gives rise to forces which are known as Casimir forces, acting on the boundaries. Casimir forces between similar and disjoint objects such as two conducting or dielectric bodies are known in most cases to be attractive.¬¬ These forces are sometimes viewed as the macroscopic consequence of Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder attraction between molecules. In this thesis at first, calculation of Casimir forces in simple models were demonstrated. Then Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces have been explained in a unified theory...
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