Universal Thermal Radiation Drag on Neutral Objects

Details Universal Thermal Radiation Drag on Neutral Objects Universal Thermal Radiation Drag on Neutral Objects

2003-07-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307240v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.220801

We compute the force on a small neutral polarizable object moving at velocity $\vec v$ relative to a photon gas equilibrated at a temperature $T$ We find a drag force linear in $\vec v$. Its physical basis is identical to that in recent formulations of the dissipative component of the Casimir force. We estimate the strength of this universal Casimir drag force for different dielectric response functions and comment on its relevance in various contexts.

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