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Between a sphere and a plane:
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T. Emig, J. Stat. Mech. P04007 (2008)
Can
be generalized to finite temperatures and imperfect conductivity
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R. Zandi, T. Emig, & U. Mohideen, Phys. Rev. B 81, 195423 (2010)
For a dielectric sphere, Mie scattering gives:
