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arxiv: cond-mat/0505754 · v2 · pith:PD47XGMYnew · submitted 2005-05-31 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · quant-ph

Why and when the Minkowski's stress tensor can be used in the problem of Casimir force acting on bodies embedded in media

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It is shown that the criticism by Raabe and Welsch of the Dzyaloshinskii-Lifshitz-Pitaevskii theory of the van der Waals-Casimir forces inside a medium is based on misunderstandings. It is explained why and at which conditions one can use the ''Minkowski-like '' stress tensor for calculations of the forces. The reason, why approach of Raabe and Welsch is incorrect, is discussed.

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