[NewCandle] Casmir analog computer

[Keith Nagel]

Hi All,

I know there's some interest in casimir forces here, and
I find arXiv to be a good source of new information
about the subject. Often the articles are heavily
theoretical and not much use to the engineer. On
the other hand, this is right up my crooked alley.

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http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0599

Ingredients of a Casimir analog computer
Abstract: We present the basic ingredients of a
technique to compute quantum Casimir forces at
micrometer scales using antenna measurements at
tabletop, e.g. centimeter, scales, forming a type
of analog computer for the Casimir force. This
technique relies on a correspondence that we
derive between the contour integration of the
Casimir force in the complex frequency plane
and the electromagnetic response of
a physical dissipative medium in a finite,
real frequency bandwidth. 
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I was surprised that the paper did not include
a physical instance of the proposed method. So
it's up to the reader to determine if this is
actually viable. 

K.