Classical Casimir free energy for two Drude spheres of arbitrary radii: a plane-wave approach
- We derive an exact analytic expression for the high-temperature limit of the Casimir interaction between two Drude spheres of arbitrary radii. Specifically, we determine the Casimir free energy by using the scattering approach in the plane-wave basis. Within a round-trip expansion, we are led to consider the combinatorics of certain partitions of the round trips. The relation between the Casimir free energy and the capacitance matrix of two spheres is discussed. Previously known results for the special cases of a sphere-plane geometry as well as two spheres of equal radii are recovered. An asymptotic expansion for small distances between the two spheres is determined and analytical expressions for the coefficients are given.
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| Author: | Tanja Schoger, Gert-Ludwig IngoldORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-864156 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/86415 |
| URL: | https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.4.2.011 |
| Parent Title (English): | SciPost Physics Core |
| Publisher: | SciPost Foundation |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2021 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Release Date: | 2021/05/05 |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| First Page: | 011 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.4.2.011 |
| Institutes: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät |
| Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik | |
| Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik / Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
| Licence (German): |  CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung (mit Print on Demand) |
