Standing wave vs Green's function approach to the Casimir force problem

Frédéric Schuller (1) , Renaud Savalle (2) , Michael Neumann-Spallart (3)

1 LPL - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers
2 OP - Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris
3 GEMAC - Groupe d'Etude de la Matière Condensée

After a short recall of our previous standing wave approach to the Casimir force problem, we consider Lifshitz's temperature Green's function method and its virtues from a physical point of view. Using his formula, specialized for perfectly reflecting mirrors, we present a quantitative discussion of the temperature effect on the attractive force.

Mots clés: Casimir effect; zero-point energy; van der Waals force; PACS 03.70+k theory of quantized fields

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Frédéric Schuller, Renaud Savalle, Michael Neumann-Spallart. Standing wave vs Green's function approach to the Casimir force problem. 2012. ⟨hal-00702213⟩