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Title: Diamagnetic effect on the Casimir force

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Shosha 2167, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2201 (Japan)

The Casimir force between a diamagnetic plate and a magnetodielectric plate at finite temperature is considered. Under the condition that the permittivity of the magnetodielectric plate is sufficiently small, we show that the diamagnetic property dominantly determines the asymptotic behavior of the repulsive Casimir force for large separations. On the basis of this simple property, we present numerical results showing that if an effective permeability of a superconductor is much less than one, its diamagnetic response can be indirectly detected by measuring the Casimir force.

OSTI ID:
21541275
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.032513; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English