Casimir force on a micrometer sphere in a dip: proposal of an experiment

被引:8
作者
Brevik, I [1 ]
Dahl, EK [1 ]
Myhr, GO [1 ]
机构
[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Energy & Proc Engn, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 2005年 / 38卷 / 05期
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10.1088/0305-4470/38/5/L01
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The attractive Casimir force acting on a micrometer-sphere suspended in a spherical dip, close to the wall, is discussed. This set-up is in principle directly accessible to experiment. The sphere and the substrate are assumed to be made of the same perfectly conducting material.
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页码:L49 / L56
页数:8
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