B U Felderhof 1977 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 10 4605 doi:10.1088/0022-3719/10/22/030
B U Felderhof
Show affiliationsIt is shown that Lifshitz' theory of van der Waals interactions between dielectrics can be extended to arbitrary geometry. The van der Waals force density is expressed in terms of the electric Green function of Maxwell's equations. This force density can be shown to be identical to that derived by Dzyaloshinskii and Pitaevskii (1959) from quantum field theoretical considerations. For dissipationless dielectrics the force density agrees with that derived from the free energy as calculated by Casimir's method (1948) of summing over normal modes.
77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)
77.84.-s Dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric materials
Issue 22 (28 November 1977)
B U Felderhof 1977 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 10 4605
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