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Generalized Casimir Energies for systems with arbitrary (ε(z)) planar geometry

O. Kenneth

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9912102

Abstract

The Casimir force between parallel plates of arbitrary kind is shown to be simply related to the plates transmission and reflection coefficient. A trivial application of this general relation leads to the known Lifshitz force between dielectrics as well as its generalizations.

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