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Casimir-Polder repulsion: Three-body effects
Kimball A. Milton, E. K. Abalo, Prachi Parashar +5
In this paper we study an archetypical scenario in which repulsive Casimir-Polder forces between an atom or molecule and two macroscopic bodies can be achieved. This is an extensio…
Investigations of the torque anomaly in an annular sector. II. Global calculations, electromagnetic case
Kimball A. Milton, Prachi Parashar, E. K. Abalo +2
Recently, it was suggested that there was some sort of breakdown of quantum field theory in the presence of boundaries, manifesting itself as a torque anomaly. In particular, Fulli…
Investigations of the torque anomaly in an annular sector. I. Global calculations, scalar case
Kimball A. Milton, Fardin Kheirandish, Prachi Parashar +5
In an attempt to understand a recently discovered torque anomaly in quantum field theory with boundaries, we calculate the Casimir energy and torque of a scalar field subject to Di…
Three-body Casimir-Polder interactions
Kimball A. Milton, Elom Abalo, Prachi Parashar +1
As part of our program to develop the description of three-body effects in quantum vacuum phenomena, we study the three-body interaction of two anisotropically polarizable atoms wi…
PT-Symmetric Quantum Electrodynamics and Unitarity
Kimball A. Milton, E. K. Abalo, Prachi Parashar +2
More than 15 years ago, a new approach to quantum mechanics was suggested, in which Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian was to be replaced by invariance under a discrete symmetry, the p…
Repulsive Casimir and Casimir-Polder Forces
Kimball A. Milton, E. K. Abalo, Prachi Parashar +3
Casimir and Casimir-Polder repulsion have been known for more than 50 years. The general "Lifshitz" configuration of parallel semi-infinite dielectric slabs permits repulsion if th…