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Casimir [Effet ] --- Casimir effect --- Electrodynamique quantique --- Optics [Quantum ] --- Optique quantique --- Quantum electrodynamics --- Quantum optics --- Quantumelektrodynamica --- Quantumoptica --- 535.14 --- Casimir force --- Casimir forces --- Effect, Casimir --- Force, Casimir --- Electric fields --- Vacuum polarization --- Zero-point field --- Electrodynamics, Quantum --- QED (Physics) --- Quantum field theory --- Schwinger action principle --- Optics --- Photons --- Quantum theory --- Quantum theory of light. Photons --- 535.14 Quantum theory of light. Photons --- Casimir effect.

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This book presents a self-contained derivation of van der Waals and Casimir type dispersion forces, covering the interactions between two atoms but also between microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic objects of various shapes and materials. It also presents detailed and general prescriptions for finding the normal modes and the interactions in layered systems of planar, spherical and cylindrical types, with two-dimensional sheets, such as graphene incorporated in the formalism. A detailed derivation of the van der Waals force and Casimir-Polder force between two polarizable atoms serves as the starting point for the discussion of forces: Dispersion forces, of van der Waals and Casimir type, act on bodies of all size, from atoms up to macroscopic objects. The smaller the object the more these forces dominate and as a result they play a key role in modern nanotechnology through effects such as stiction. They show up in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and even cosmology. Written by a condensed matter physicist in the language of condensed matter physics, the book shows readers how to obtain the electromagnetic normal modes, which for metallic systems, is especially useful in the field of plasmonics.

Van der Waals forces. --- Casimir effect. --- Casimir force --- Casimir forces --- Effect, Casimir --- Force, Casimir --- Electric fields --- Vacuum polarization --- Zero-point field --- Atoms --- Molecules --- Polarization (Electricity) --- Quasimolecules --- Mathematical physics. --- Solid State Physics. --- Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. --- Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Mathematics --- Solid state physics. --- Atoms. --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Stereochemistry --- Solids --- Constitution

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Despite more than half a century of theoretical work, the Casimir effect is still not as fully understood as some suppose. In this treatise, the author uncovers new puzzles and paradoxes concerning this mysterious phenomenon. In particular, he clearly demonstrates that the most sophisticated theories fail when confronted with dielectrics in which the refractive index is not uniform but gradually changes.

Physics. --- Quantum Field Theories, String Theory. --- Optics and Electrodynamics. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Quantum theory. --- Physique --- Théorie quantique --- Casimir effect. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Casimir force --- Casimir forces --- Effect, Casimir --- Force, Casimir --- Quantum field theory. --- String theory. --- Optics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Electric fields --- Vacuum polarization --- Zero-point field --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Dynamics --- Light --- Models, String --- String theory --- Nuclear reactions --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Relativity (Physics)

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In this book, a modern unified theory of dispersion forces on atoms and bodies is presented which covers a broad range of advanced aspects and scenarios. Macroscopic quantum electrodynamics is shown to provide a powerful framework for dispersion forces which allows for discussing general properties like their non-additivity and the relation between microscopic and macroscopic interactions. It is demonstrated how the general results can be used to obtain dispersion forces on atoms in the presence of bodies of various shapes and materials. Starting with a brief recapitulation of volume I, this volume II deals especially with bodies of irregular shapes, universal scaling laws, dynamical forces on excited atoms, enhanced forces in cavity quantum electrodynamics, non-equilibrium forces in thermal environments and quantum friction. The book gives both the specialist and those new to the field a thorough overview over recent results in the field. It provides a toolbox for studying dispersion forces in various contexts.

Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Physics. --- Quantum physics. --- Atoms. --- Solid state physics. --- Magnetism. --- Magnetic materials. --- Nanoscale science. --- Nanoscience. --- Nanostructures. --- Solid State Physics. --- Quantum Physics. --- Magnetism, Magnetic Materials. --- Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. --- Nanoscale Science and Technology. --- Nanoscience --- Nano science --- Nanoscale science --- Nanosciences --- Science --- Materials --- Mathematical physics --- Electricity --- Magnetics --- Solids --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Stereochemistry --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Constitution --- Quantum theory. --- Quantum electrodynamics. --- Casimir effect. --- Dispersion. --- Optics --- Electrodynamics, Quantum --- QED (Physics) --- Quantum field theory --- Schwinger action principle --- Casimir force --- Casimir forces --- Effect, Casimir --- Force, Casimir --- Electric fields --- Vacuum polarization --- Zero-point field