Electromagnetic energy, absorption, and Casimir forces: Uniform dielectric media in thermal equilibrium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Rosa, F S S ^a   Dalvit, D A R ^a   Milonni, P W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MEDIA; CASIMIR; CASIMIR FORCE; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DETAILED BALANCE; DIELECTRIC MEDIA; DIELECTRIC MEDIUM; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; ENERGY CHANGES; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY EXCHANGES; EXPECTATION VALUES; FLUCTUATION DISSIPATION THEOREM; FLUCTUATION-DISSIPATION RELATION; IMAGINARY PARTS; LANGEVIN FORCE; LIFSHITZ THEORY; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; VAN DER WAALS;

ABSORPTION; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77749279886     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033812     Document Type: Article

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