Wedge

  In cylindrical polar coordinates, the cylinder is a surface of constant radial coordinate r, while a wedge is the surface of constant angular coordinate θ.

  Interaction between a tilted wedge and a plate:

  "Casimir force between sharp–shaped conductors,"

M.F. Maghrebi, S.J. Rahi, N. Graham, T. Emig, R.L. Jaffe, & M. Kardar, preprint (2010)

  Highly accurate analytical expressions can be obtained by a multiple-reflection series.

    E.g., for the knife edge,

 Other interesting limits:

Butterfly:

Dark side of the moon:

Scattering approach Outline Casimir force Repulsion (BC) Repulsion (shape) Scattering (Wedge) Earnshaw's theorem Out of equilibrium Summary