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Casimir Force in Non-Planar Geometric Configurations

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dc.contributor.authorCho, Sung Naeen
dc.contributor.committeechairMizutani, Tetsuroen
dc.contributor.committeememberFicenec, John R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRitter, Alfred L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTauber, Uwe C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGibson, Harry W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-22T19:00:57Zen
dc.date.adate2004-04-30en
dc.date.available2011-08-22T19:00:57Zen
dc.date.issued2004-03-22en
dc.date.rdate2004-04-30en
dc.date.sdate2004-04-27en
dc.description.abstractThe Casimir force for charge-neutral, perfect conductors of non-planar geometric configurations have been investigated. The configurations were: (1) the plate-hemisphere, (2) the hemisphere-hemisphere and (3) the spherical shell. The resulting Casimir forces for these physical arrangements have been found to be attractive. The repulsive Casimir force found by Boyer for a spherical shell is a special case requiring stringent material property of the sphere, as well as the specific boundary conditions for the wave modes inside and outside of the sphere. The necessary criteria in detecting Boyer's repulsive Casimir force for a sphere are discussed at the end of this thesis.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04272004-200428en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272004-200428en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/11156en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartcasimir-effect.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDynamical Casimir Forceen
dc.subjectQuantum Electrodynamics (QED)en
dc.subjectVacuum Energyen
dc.subjectCasimir Forceen
dc.subjectCasimir Effecten
dc.titleCasimir Force in Non-Planar Geometric Configurationsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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