Curvature-induced repulsive effect on the lateral Casimir-Polder--van der Waals force

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.01671v2
• Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 15:07:38 GMT
• Title: Curvature-induced repulsive effect on the lateral Casimir-Polder--van der Waals force
• Authors: Danilo T. Alves, Lucas Queiroz, Edson C. M. Nogueira, N. M. R. Peres
• Abstract summary: We investigate the Casimir-Polder (CP) and van der Waals (vdW) interactions with a neutral polarizable particle constrained to move in a plane distant from the axis of the cylinder. We show that, for certain particle orientations and anisotropy, the lateral CP force can move the particle away from the cylinder. The prediction of such geometric effects on this force may be relevant for a better controlling of the interaction between a particle and a curved surface in classical and quantum physics.
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• Abstract: We consider a perfectly conducting infinite cylinder with radius $R$, and investigate the Casimir-Polder (CP) and van der Waals (vdW) interactions with a neutral polarizable particle constrained to move in a plane distant $x_0>R$ from the axis of the cylinder. We show that when the relative curvature $x_0/R \lesssim 6.44$, this particle, under the action of the lateral CP force (which is the projection of the CP force onto the mentioned plane), is attracted to the point on the plane which is closest to the cylinder surface. On the other hand, when $x_0/R \gtrsim 6.44$, we also show that, for certain particle orientations and anisotropy, the lateral CP force can move the particle away from the cylinder. This repulsive behavior of such a component of the CP force reveals a nontrivial dependence of the CP interaction with the surface geometry, specifically of the relative curvature. In the vdW regime, we show that a similar nontrivial repulsive behavior occurs, but for the relative curvature $x_0/R \gtrsim 2.18$, which means that this effect requires a smaller cylinder curvature in the vdW regime than in the CP one. In addition, we also show that there are classical counterparts of these effects, involving a neutral particle with a permanent electric dipole moment. The prediction of such geometric effects on this force may be relevant for a better controlling of the interaction between a particle and a curved surface in classical and quantum physics.

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