Casimir free energy of a spherical cavity in a dielectric medium

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 5127-5142

  Brodsky, Anatol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0031520776     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.531933     Document Type: Article

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