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Fluctuations of the Casimir-like force between two membrane inclusions

Bitbol, Anne-Florence  
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Dommersnes, Paul G.
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Fournier, Jean-Baptiste
May 28, 2010
Physical Review E

Although Casimir forces are inseparable from their fluctuations, little is known about these fluctuations in soft matter systems. We use the membrane stress tensor to study the fluctuations of the membrane-mediated Casimir-like force. This method enables us to recover the Casimir force between two inclusions and to calculate its variance. We show that the Casimir force is dominated by its fluctuations. Furthermore, when the distance d between the inclusions is decreased from infinity, the variance of the Casimir force decreases as -1/d(2). This distance dependence shares a common physical origin with the Casimir force itself.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.81.050903
Web of Science ID

WOS:000278148400010

Author(s)
Bitbol, Anne-Florence  
Dommersnes, Paul G.
Fournier, Jean-Baptiste
Date Issued

2010-05-28

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

Published in
Physical Review E
Volume

81

Issue

5

Article Number

050903

Subjects

2-Component Systems

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Specificity

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Evolution

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Contacts

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Entropy

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Identification

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Coevolution

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Landscape

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Inference

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OTHER

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March 3, 2020
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