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Spontaneous Torque on an Inhomogeneous Chiral Body out of Thermal Equilibrium
Kimball A. Milton, Nima Pourtolami, Gerard Kennedy
In a previous paper we showed that an inhomogeneous body in vacuum will experience a spontaneous force if it is not in thermal equilibrium with its environment. This is due to the…
Quantum Vacuum Self-Propulsion and Torque
Kimball A. Milton, Nima Pourtolami, Gerard Kennedy
This article summarizes our recent efforts to understand spontaneous quantum vacuum forces and torques, which require that a stationary object be out of thermal equilibrium with th…
Quantum Self-Propulsion of an Inhomogeneous Object out of Thermal Equilibrium
Kimball A. Milton, Nima Pourtolami, Gerard Kennedy
In an earlier paper, we explored how quantum vacuum torque can arise: a body or nanoparticle that is out of thermal equilibrium with its environment experiences a spontaneous torqu…