Exact Casimir Interaction Between Eccentric Cylinders

Authors

D. A. R. Dalvit, Los Alamos National Laboratory
F. C. Lombardo, University of Buenos Aires
F. D. Mazzitelli, University of Buenos Aires
R. Onofrio, Dartmouth College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2006

Publication Title

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Department

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.74.020101

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Dalvit, D. A. R.; Lombardo, F. C.; Mazzitelli, F. D.; and Onofrio, R., "Exact Casimir Interaction Between Eccentric Cylinders" (2006). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1924.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1924