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Phys. Rev. A 73, 047801 (2006) [2 pages]

Comment on "Casimir force acting on magnetodielectric bodies embedded in media"

L. P. Pitaevskii
Department of Physics, University of Trento and CNR-INFM BEC Center, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
Received 13 June 2005; published 18 April 2006

It is shown that the Raabe and Welsch [Phys. Rev. A 71, 013814 (2005)] criticism of the Dzyaloshinskii-Lifshitz-Pitaevskii theory of the van der Waals–Casimir forces inside a medium is based on misunderstandings. It is explained why and at which conditions one can use the "Minkowski-like" stress tensor for calculations of the forces. The reason why, in my opinion, the approach of Raabe and Welsch is incorrect is discussed.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.047801
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.047801
PACS: 42.50.Nn; 12.20.-m; 42.50.Vk
  • 42.50.Nn
    Quantum optical phenomena in absorbing, dispersive and conducting media
  • 12.20.-m
    Quantum electrodynamics
  • 42.50.Vk
    Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: Casimir effect, van der Waals forces, electromagnetic fields

See Also

Comment on “Casimir force acting on magnetodielectric bodies embedded in media”
Iver Brevik and Simen A. Ellingsen
Phys. Rev. A 79, 027801 (2009)

Reply to "Comment on `Casimir force acting on magnetodielectric bodies embedded in media' "
Christian Raabe and Dirk-Gunnar Welsch
Phys. Rev. A 73, 047802 (2006)

Casimir force acting on magnetodielectric bodies embedded in media
Christian Raabe and Dirk-Gunnar Welsch
Phys. Rev. A 71, 013814 (2005)

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