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1 Fluctuation Induced Forces ( FIF ) in Equilibrium
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Fluctuation-induced forces (FIFs) are prevalent in nature, covering a plethora of phenomena spanning the realms of biophysics to cosmology.The ingredients common in these phenomena are: (i) A fluctuating medium that can be described by a probability distribution; and (ii) External objects whose presence constrains (or in some way modifies) these fluctuations. The overall strength of the interaction is proportional to the magnitude of undistorted fluctuations (set by kBT and h̄ for thermal and quantum fluctuations in equilibrium); while its range is set by the extent of correlations of the fluctuations. The most interesting cases are when the interactions are long–ranged, corresponding to scale free fluctuations. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.mit.edu/~kardar/teaching/LesHouches18/lectures/lec/lec1-2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |