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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015] Année : 2015

Statistical approach to Casimir-Polder potentials in heterogeneous media

Nicolas Cherroret
Romain Guérout
Astrid Lambrecht
Serge Reynaud

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We explore the statistical properties of the Casimir-Polder potential between a dielectric sphere and a three-dimensional heterogeneous medium, by means of extensive numerical simulations based on the scattering theory of Casimir forces. The simulations allow us to confirm recent predictions for the mean and standard deviation of the Casimir potential, and give us access to its full distribution function in the limit of a dilute distribution of heterogeneities. These predictions are compared with a simple statistical model based on a pairwise summation of the individual contributions of the constituting elements of the medium.

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hal-02110649 , version 1 (25-04-2019)

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Nicolas Cherroret, Romain Guérout, Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud. Statistical approach to Casimir-Polder potentials in heterogeneous media. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2015, 92 (4), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.92.042513⟩. ⟨hal-02110649⟩
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