Forces of the Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Casimir Physics

William Simpson; Ulf Leonhardt

doi:10.1142/9383

Forces of the Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Casimir Physics

William Simpson, Ulf Leonhardt

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Forces of the Quantum Vacuum presents a number of theoretical approaches to Casimir, van der Waals and Casimir–Polder forces that have been fruitfully employed in mainstream research, and also reviews the experimental evidence for Casimir forces. Beginning with basic ideas in quantum mechanics and building its way to a sophisticated form of macroscopic QED, the book provides an inspiring training manual for graduate students to develop in a natural progression the ideas needed for modern theoretical research on Casimir forces.

Original language	English
Publisher	World Scientific
Number of pages	274
ISBN (Print)	978-981-4632-90-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9383
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Surprises in theoretical Casimir physics: quantum forces in inhomogeneous media
Simpson, W. (Author), Leonhardt, U. (Supervisor) & Korolkova, N. (Supervisor), 25 Jun 2014
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)

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Surprises in theoretical Casimir physics: quantum forces in inhomogeneous media

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