Casimir micro-sphere diclusters and three-body effects in fluids

Details Casimir micro-sphere diclusters and three-body effects in fluids Casimir micro-sphere diclusters and three-body effects in fluids

2010-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/1012.0860v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

11 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.83.042516

Our previous article [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 060401 (2010)] predicted that Casimir forces induced by the material-dispersion properties of certain dielectrics can give rise to stable configurations of objects. This phenomenon was illustrated via a dicluster configuration of non-touching objects consisting of two spheres immersed in a fluid and suspended against gravity above a plate. Here, we examine these predictions from the perspective of a practical experiment and consider the influence of non-additive, three-body, and nonzero-temperature effects on the stability of the two spheres. We conclude that the presence of Brownian motion reduces the set of experimentally realizable silicon/teflon spherical diclusters to those consisting of layered micro-spheres, such as the hollow- core (spherical shells) considered here.

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