On the radiative heat exchange between spherical particles at small distances

Abstract

Radiative heat exchange of spherical particles is recalculated in the framework of fluctuation electrodynamics using the dipole approximation. We show that correct numerical coefficient in the resulting integral expression equals 4/pi, in contrast with that obtained by other authors.

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• Dynamics of heat transfer between nano systems