Surface contact potential patches and Casimir force measurements

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kim, W J ^a   Sushkov, A O ^a   Dalvit, D A R ^b   Lamoreaux, S K ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR; CASIMIR FORCE; CONTACT POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENT APPARATUS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARALLEL CAPACITORS; PARAMETER FUNCTIONS; PLATE SURFACES; RESIDUAL FORCES; SURFACE CONTACT;

ELECTROSTATICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

LAPLACE EQUATION;

EID: 76749141836     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.022505     Document Type: Article

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