An optical approximation to the Casimir effect and related topics
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-188). === In this thesis, I have studied the dependence of the Casimir force between neutral conductors on their shapes. After reducing the problem to that of finding t...
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ndltd-MIT-oai-dspace.mit.edu-1721.1-368112019-05-02T15:56:12Z An optical approximation to the Casimir effect and related topics Scardicchio, Antonello Robert L. Jaffe. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-188). In this thesis, I have studied the dependence of the Casimir force between neutral conductors on their shapes. After reducing the problem to that of finding the density of states of' an appropriate hamiltonian I studied it by using semiclassical methods. Some exemplary geometries of interest for the experiments are studied in detail. by Antonello Scardicchio. Ph.D. 2008-02-28T16:29:10Z 2008-02-28T16:29:10Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/36811 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36811 81958208 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/36811 http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 188 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-188). === In this thesis, I have studied the dependence of the Casimir force between neutral conductors on their shapes. After reducing the problem to that of finding the density of states of' an appropriate hamiltonian I studied it by using semiclassical methods. Some exemplary geometries of interest for the experiments are studied in detail. === by Antonello Scardicchio. === Ph.D. |
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