Comment on Self-Stress on a Dielectric Ball and Casimir-Polder Forces

Ulf Leonhardt

Comment on Self-Stress on a Dielectric Ball and Casimir-Polder Forces

Ulf Leonhardt

Department of Physics of Complex Systems

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

In our paper [Ann. Phys. (NY) 395, 326 (2018)] we calculate the Casimir stress on a sphere immersed in a homogeneous background, assuming dispersionless dielectrics. Our results appear to challenge the conventional picture of Casimir forces. The paper [arXiv:1909.05721] criticises our approach without offering an alternative. In particular, the paper [arXiv:1909.05721] claims that we have made an unjustified mathematical step. This brief comment clarifies the matter.

Original language	English
Journal	arxiv.org
State	Published - 7 Oct 2019

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