Constraints on stable equilibria with fluctuation-induced (Casimir) forces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rahi, Sahand Jamal ^a   Kardar, Mehran ^a   Emig, Thorsten ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR; CLASSICAL OBJECT; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; IN-VACUUM; INTERNAL CHARGE; MOBILE CHARGE; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; STABLE LEVITATION; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77955622887     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.070404     Document Type: Article

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