Matter-field theory of the Casimir force

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2699-2707

  Koashi, Masato ^a   Ueda, Masahito ^b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0009727927     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2699     Document Type: Article

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22. Strictly speaking, when we add some amounts of atoms on one surface of the dielectric slab, we should remove the same amount of atoms from the other surface so that the volume of the slab is kept constant; otherwise the bulk plasmons would also contribute to the change in energy. We should take into account both effects of adding and removing atoms in evaluating the change in energy.