Advances in the Casimir Effect

Galina Leonidovna (, Department of Physics, North-West Technical University, St.Petersburg, Russia and Center of Theoretical Studies and Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leipzig University, Germany) Klimchitskaya, Michael (, Center of Theoretical Studies and Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leipzig University, Germany) Bordag, Umar (, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, USA) Mohideen, Vladimir Mikhaylovich (, Noncommercial Partnership "Scientific Instruments", Moscow, Russia and Center of Theoretical Studies and Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leipzig University, Germany) Mostepanenko

Oxford University Press, 2009

This book is a comprehensive sourcebook, distilled from hundreds of recently published papers, about the Casimir effect: the small forces originating from the quantum vacuum and acting between closely spaced bodies. It brings together developments in experiment and theory, fundamental and applied aspects of the Casimir force.

ISBN-13

9780199238743

ISBN-10

019923874X

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

2009

Publication date

2009-05-28

Pages

768

Dimensions

241x166x41

Weight

1424