Exact Casimir interaction between eccentric cylinders

The Casimir force is the ultimate background in ongoing searches for extragravitational forces in the micrometer range. Eccentric cylinders offer favorable experimental conditions for such measurements as spurious gravitational and electrostatic effects can be minimized. Here we report on the evalua...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Dalvit, D.A.R., Lombardo, Fernando Cesar, Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego, Onofrio, R.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2006
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/71293
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/71293
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Summary:The Casimir force is the ultimate background in ongoing searches for extragravitational forces in the micrometer range. Eccentric cylinders offer favorable experimental conditions for such measurements as spurious gravitational and electrostatic effects can be minimized. Here we report on the evaluation of the exact Casimir interaction between perfectly conducting eccentric cylinders using a mode summation technique, and study different limiting cases of relevance for Casimir force measurements, with potential implications for the understanding of mechanical properties of nanotubes. © 2006 The American Physical Society.