LEADER 05644nam 22007935 450 001 996466706503316 005 20200703092138.0 010 $a3-642-20288-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-20288-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000096157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000506054 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11301400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000506054 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10513666 035 $a(PQKB)11218173 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-20288-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3066919 035 $a(PPN)153864478 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000096157 100 $a20110628d2011 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCasimir Physics$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Diego Dalvit, Peter Milonni, David Roberts, Felipe da Rosa 205 $a1st ed. 2011. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 457 p. 102 illus., 5 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aLecture Notes in Physics,$x0075-8450 ;$v834 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a3-642-20287-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Preface -- On the Problem of Van der Waals Forces in Dielectric Media -- Local and Global Casimir Energies: Divergences, Renormalization, and the Coupling to Gravity -- Casimir Effect in the Scattering Approach: Correlations Between Material Properties, Temperature and Geometry -- Geometry and Material Effects in Casimir Physics - Scattering Theory -- Numerical Methods for Computing Casimir Interactions -- Progress in Experimental Measurements of the Surface-Surface Casimir Force: Electrostatic Calibrations and Limitations to Accuracy -- Attractive and Repulsive Casimir-Lifshitz Forces, QED Torques, and Applications to Nanomachines -- Casimir Force in Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems -- Characterization of Optical Properties and Surface Roughness Profiles: The Casimir Force Between Real Materials -- Fluctuation -Induced Forces Between Atoms and Surfaces: the Casimir-Polder Interaction -- Modern Experiments on Atom-Surface Casimir Physics -- Fluctuations, Dissipation and the Dynamical Casimir Effect. 330 $aCasimir effects serve as primary examples of directly observable manifestations of the nontrivial properties of quantum fields, and as such are attracting increasing interest from quantum field theorists, particle physicists, and cosmologists. Furthermore, though very weak except at short distances, Casimir forces are universal in the sense that all material objects are subject to them. They are thus also an increasingly important part of the physics of atom-surface interactions, while in nanotechnology they are being investigated not only as contributors to ?stiction? but also as potential mechanisms for actuating micro-electromechanical devices.   While the field of Casimir physics is expanding rapidly, it has reached a level of maturity in some important respects: on the experimental side, where most sources of imprecision in force measurements have been identified as well as on the theoretical side, where, for example, semi-analytical and numerical methods for the computation of Casimir forces between bodies of arbitrary shape have been successfully developed. This book is, then, a timely and comprehensive guide to the essence of Casimir (and Casimir-Polder) physics that will have lasting value, serving the dual purpose of an introduction and reference to the field. While this volume is not intended to be a unified textbook, but rather a collection of largely independent chapters written by prominent experts in the field, the detailed and carefully written articles adopt a style that should appeal to non-specialist researchers in the field as well as to a broader audience of graduate students. 410 0$aLecture Notes in Physics,$x0075-8450 ;$v834 606 $aQuantum physics 606 $aQuantum optics 606 $aNanoscale science 606 $aNanoscience 606 $aNanostructures 606 $aSurfaces (Physics) 606 $aInterfaces (Physical sciences) 606 $aThin films 606 $aQuantum Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080 606 $aQuantum Optics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24050 606 $aNanoscale Science and Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25140 606 $aSurface and Interface Science, Thin Films$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25160 615 0$aQuantum physics. 615 0$aQuantum optics. 615 0$aNanoscale science. 615 0$aNanoscience. 615 0$aNanostructures. 615 0$aSurfaces (Physics). 615 0$aInterfaces (Physical sciences). 615 0$aThin films. 615 14$aQuantum Physics. 615 24$aQuantum Optics. 615 24$aNanoscale Science and Technology. 615 24$aSurface and Interface Science, Thin Films. 676 $a530.12 702 $aDalvit$b Diego$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aMilonni$b Peter$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aRoberts$b David$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $ada Rosa$b Felipe$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996466706503316 996 $aCasimir Physics$9855621 997 $aUNISA