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Van der Waals attraction in symmetric arrays

D Langbein

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The allowed electromagnetic modes in the presence of a symmetric array of macroscopic bodies are investigated. They are systematically classified by their behaviour with respect to the different symmetry operations. In the presence of two bodies the modes are required to be even or odd, in the presence of lattices Floquet's theorem is applied, The van der Waals (vdW) energy of the array under consideration is calculated from the average quantum energy of the electromagnetic modes. Since finite boundary conditions are used, no difficulties regarding branch points and different Riemann surfaces are encountered. Closed expressions for the vdW energy in periodic lattices of spheres or cylinders are obtained which can be explicitly evaluated at a reasonable rate of effort.


PACS

05.50.+q Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.)

03.50.De Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations

02.30.Gp Special functions

MSC

82B20 Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs

30Fxx Riemann surfaces

30E20 Integration, integrals of Cauchy type, integral representations of analytic functions (See also 45Exx)

14H55 Riemann surfaces; Weierstrass points; gap sequences (See also 30Fxx)

33C10 Bessel and Airy functions, cylinder functions, 0F1

78A25 Electromagnetic theory, general

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Particle physics and field theory

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 8 (1 August 1973)



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