American Physical Society                            Los Angeles, CA                            March 8, 2018

Casimir and van der Waals forces near gently curved surfaces

Giuseppe Bimonte, Thorsten Emig, Robert Jaffe

Mehran Kardar


Outline

I.       Proximity Force Approximation: Derjaguin method; sphere/plate Casimir force experiments                                         

II.     Perturbative expansions for gently corrugated plates

III.    Derivative expansion, simple geometries, material properties 

IV.     Casimir-Polder interaction: curvature expansion; nano-particle alignment           

V.      Rotational spectra modified by surface curvature