In a message dated 10/17/01 8:11:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kraused@WABASH.EDU writes:
<< Here are some good references to check out:
"Essentials of the Casimir Effect and its Computation," E.
Elizalde and A. Romeo, Am. J. Phys., Vol. 59, 711 (1991).
"Resource Letter CF-1: Casimir Force," S. K. Lamoreaux, Am.
J. Phys., Vol. 67, 850 (1999).
"Repulsive Casimir force as a Result of Vacuum Radiation
Pressure," V. Hushwater, Am. J. Phys., Vol. 65, 381 (1997).
"Casimir Forces," P. W. Milonni and M.-L. Shih, Contemporary
Physics, Vol. 33, 313 (1992).
"The Quantum Vacuum," P. W. Milonni (Academic Press, 1994).
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Dennis Thanks for the references. I also found a paper that talks about the
situation when the dielectric constant fall between the value of both plates.
It was pretty helpful. " Repulsive Casimir forces between Dielectric Plates"
by Karen Wetz.
This paper is available at LANL e-print.