Comparison Between Experiment and Theory for the Thermal Casimir Force
Abstract
We analyze recent experiments on measuring the thermal Casimir force with account of possible background effects. Special attention is paid to the validity of the proximity force approximation (PFA) used in the comparison between the experimental data and computational results in experiments employing a sphere-plate geometry. The PFA results are compared with the exact results where they are available. The possibility to use fitting procedures in theory-experiment comparison is discussed. On this basis we reconsider experiments exploiting spherical lenses of centimeter-size radii.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- July 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S2010194512007301
- Bibcode:
- 2012IJMPS..14..155K
- Keywords:
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- Thermal Casimir force;
- Drude model;
- precise measurements;
- 12.20.-m;
- 12.20.Fv;
- 78.20.Ci;
- Quantum electrodynamics;
- Experimental tests;
- Optical constants