Towards a precision measurement of the Casimir force in a cylinder-plane geometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Brown Hayes, M ^a   Dalvit, D A R ^b   Mazzitelli, F D ^c   Kim, W J ^a   Onofrio, R ^a,d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR FORCE; CYLINDER-PLANE CONFIGURATION; FINITE PARALLELISM; PROXIMITY FORCE APPROXIMATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATICS; PRECISION BALANCES; PROXIMITY INDICATORS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 28844450796     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052102     Document Type: Article

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