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Dewey Class	530.1433 (DDC 22)
Title	Advances in the Casimir effect ([Ebook]) / M. Bordag ... [et al.].
Added Personal Name	Bordag, Michael
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2009
Physical Details	1 Online resource
Series	International series of monographs on physics ; 145
ISBN	9780191716461
Note	Print publication date: 2009. - Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009
Summary Note	The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, i.e., a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum in the form of forces acting between closely spaced bodies. It is a purely quantum effect. There is no force acting between neutral bodies in classical electrodynamics. The Casimir effect has become an interdisciplinary subject. It plays an important role in various fields of physics such as condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, atomic and molecular physics, gravitation and cosmology, and mathematical physics. Most recently, the Casimir effect has been applied to nanotechnology and for obtaining constraints on the predictions of unification theories beyond the Standard Model. The book assembles together the field-theoretical foundations of this phenomenon, the application of the general theory to real materials, and a comprehensive description of all recently performed measurements of the Casimir force, including the comparison between experiment and theory. There is increasing interest in forces of vacuum origin. Numerous new results have been obtained during the last few years which are not reflected in the literature, but are very promising for fundamental science and nanotechnology. The book provides a source of information which presents a critical assessment of all of the main results and approaches contained in published journal papers. It also proposes new ideas which are not yet universally accepted but are finding increasing support from experiment.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction.. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher)
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscribing institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199238743.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Casimir effect . Lifshitz theory . Quantum electrodynamics . Authors: Bordag, Michael . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Series: The International series of monographs on physics . Classification: 530.1433 (DDC 22) .

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