Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions

• Main Author: Sernelius, Bo E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 102
• Subjects: Solid state physics.; Atoms.; Physics.; Solid State Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This book presents a self-contained derivation of van der Waals and Casimir type dispersion forces, covering the interactions between two atoms but also between microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic objects of various shapes and materials. It also presents detailed and general prescriptions for f...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I - Background Material
• Electromagnetic
• Complex Analysis
• Statistical Physics
• Electromagnetic Normal Modes
• Different Approaches
• General Method to find the Normal Modes in Layered Structures
• Part II - Non-retarded Formalism: van der Waals
• Van der Waals Force
• Van der Waals Interaction in Planar Structures
• Van der Waals Interaction in Spherical Structures
• Van der Waals Interaction in Cylindrical Structures
• Part III - Fully Retarded Formalism: Casimir
• Casimir Interaction
• Dispersion Interaction in Planar Structures
• Dispersion Interaction in Spherical Structures
• Dispersion Interaction in Cylindrical Structures
• Summary and Outlook.