Something Can Come of Nothing: Surface Approaches to Quantum Fluctuations and the Casimir Force

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.05386v2
• Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 13:28:40 GMT
• Title: Something Can Come of Nothing: Surface Approaches to Quantum Fluctuations and the Casimir Force
• Authors: Giuseppe Bimonte, Thorsten Emig, Noah Graham, and Mehran Kardar
• Abstract summary: The Casimir force provides a striking example of the effects of quantum fluctuations in a mesoscopic system. Because it arises from the objects' electromagnetic response, the necessary calculations in quantum field theory are most naturally expressed in terms of electromagnetic scattering from each object.
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• Abstract: The Casimir force provides a striking example of the effects of quantum fluctuations in a mesoscopic system. Because it arises from the objects' electromagnetic response, the necessary calculations in quantum field theory are most naturally expressed in terms of electromagnetic scattering from each object. In this review we illustrate a variety of such techniques, with a focus on those that can be expressed in terms of surface effects, including both idealized boundary conditions and their physical realization in terms of material properties.

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