Microscopic derivation of macroscopic va
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B.R.A. Nijboer; M.J. Renne
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Article
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1968
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In continuation of earlier work. an atomistic derivation is given of Lifshitz' formula for the non-retarded Van der Waals interaction between two semi-infinite dieIectric media. In the derivation an atom is supposed to consist of a number of isotropic harmonic oscillators.