Repulsive Casimir Forces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Kenneth, O ^a   Klich, I ^a   Mann, A ^a   Revzen, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PERMITTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MAGNETIC POLARIZABILITY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037100865     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.033001     Document Type: Article

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