| dc.contributor.author | Varela, Jaime | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodriguez, Alejandro W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | McCauley, Alexander Patrick | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Steven G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-09T16:10:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-06-09T16:10:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-11 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1050-2947 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1094-1622 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63692 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Our previous paper [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 nontouching 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 nonadditive, 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 microspheres, such as the hollow core (spherical shells) considered here. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v83/i4/e042516 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | Prof. Johnson via Jaime Varela | en_US |
| dc.title | Casimir microsphere diclusters and three-body effects in fluids | |
| dc.title.alternative | Casimir microsphere diclusters and three-body effects in fluids | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Varela, Jaime et al. “Casimir Microsphere Diclusters and Three-body Effects in Fluids.” Physical Review A 83.4 (2011) : 042516. ©2011 American Physical Society. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Varela, Jaime | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Varela, Jaime | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | McCauley, Alexander Patrick | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Johnson, Steven G. | |
| dc.relation.journal | Physical Review A | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Varela, Jaime; Rodriguez, Alejandro W.; McCauley, Alexander P.; Johnson, Steven G. | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
