@article{IntravaiaHenkel2009, author = {Intravaia, Francesco and Henkel, Carsten}, title = {Casimir interaction from magnetically coupled eddy currents}, issn = {0031-9007}, doi = {10.1103/Physrevlett.103.130405}, year = {2009}, abstract = {We study the quantum and thermal fluctuations of eddy (Foucault) currents in thick metallic plates. A Casimir interaction between two plates arises from the coupling via quasistatic magnetic fields. As a function of distance, the relevant eddy current modes cross over from a quantum to a thermal regime. These modes alone reproduce previously discussed thermal anomalies of the electromagnetic Casimir interaction between good conductors. In particular, they provide a physical picture for the Casimir entropy whose nonzero value at zero temperature arises from a correlated, glassy state.}, language = {en} }