Reply to 'Comment on 'Temperature dependence of the Casimir force for lossy bulk media''

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.036502· OSTI ID:22072238

Yampol'skii, V A; Maizelis, Z A; Apostolov, S S ^[1]; Savel'ev, Sergey ^[1]; Nori, Franco ^[1]

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1. Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama, 351-0198 (Japan)

Here, we present an estimate of the characteristic wavelengths of the evanescent modes, which define the main contribution to the thermal part of the Casimir force. This estimate is more precise than the one in the preceding Comment by Bimonte et al.[Phys. Rev. A 84, 036501 (2011)]. The wavelengths we derive are indeed smaller than the sizes of the interacting bodies. We also discuss the results of several experiments on the thermal effects in the Casimir force.

• OSTI ID: 22072238
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CASIMIR EFFECT
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
WAVELENGTHS