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Main Authors: Schoger, Tanja, Ingold, Gert-Ludwig
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14738
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author Schoger, Tanja
Ingold, Gert-Ludwig
author_facet Schoger, Tanja
Ingold, Gert-Ludwig
contents For non-reciprocal objects in vacuum, the Casimir interaction can become repulsive. Here, we present a comprehensive study for idealized non-reciprocal materials known as perfect electromagnetic conductors (PEMC). The system consists of two spheres made of different PEMC materials, including the plane-sphere geometry as a particular case. The sign of the Casimir force does not only depend on the distance between the spheres and their geometric parameters but can be controlled by adjusting the temperature. A repulsive Casimir interaction at small distances allows for stable equilibrium configurations of the spheres. A sum rule previously derived for the plane-plane geometry at zero temperature is violated in general, if at least one plane is replaced by a sphere.
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spellingShingle Switching the sign of the Casimir force between two PEMC spheres
Schoger, Tanja
Ingold, Gert-Ludwig
Quantum Physics
For non-reciprocal objects in vacuum, the Casimir interaction can become repulsive. Here, we present a comprehensive study for idealized non-reciprocal materials known as perfect electromagnetic conductors (PEMC). The system consists of two spheres made of different PEMC materials, including the plane-sphere geometry as a particular case. The sign of the Casimir force does not only depend on the distance between the spheres and their geometric parameters but can be controlled by adjusting the temperature. A repulsive Casimir interaction at small distances allows for stable equilibrium configurations of the spheres. A sum rule previously derived for the plane-plane geometry at zero temperature is violated in general, if at least one plane is replaced by a sphere.
title Switching the sign of the Casimir force between two PEMC spheres
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14738