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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Volume 72, 2022

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

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.

Keyword(s): Casimir forces, fluctuation-induced interactions, path integral, scattering matrix, stress tensor
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Something Can Come of Nothing: Surface Approaches to Quantum Fluctuations and the Casimir Force
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