Casimir Interaction between a sphere and grating

Mauro Antezza (1) , Riccardo Messina (1) , Paulo Maia Neto , Brahim Guizal (1)

1 L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

We derive the explicit expression for the Casimir energy between a sphere and a 1D grating under thermal equilibrium, in terms of the sphere and grating reflection matrices, and valid for arbitrary materials, sphere radius, and grating geometric parameters.

Domaines: Physique mathématique [math-ph]; Physique mathématique [math-ph]

Mauro Antezza, Riccardo Messina, Paulo Maia Neto, Brahim Guizal. Casimir Interaction between a sphere and grating. Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium, Jul 2016, Malaga, Spain. ⟨hal-01422091⟩