FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE CASIMIR EFFECT

I. Announcement

It is a pleasure to announce

the FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE CASIMIR EFFECT

to be held from September 15, 2024 (date of arrival) to September 21, 2024 (date of departure) on the Adriatic sea coast in the ancient town of Piran, Slovenia.

This International Symposium is organized by the Department of Physics of the Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil. The local organizer is ReginaMare, d.o.o., Bolniška ulica, 12, 6330 Piran, Slovenia, Tax number: SI53827546, email: seayourway@gmail.com, tel: +386-70-462472.

The objective of the Symposium is to facilitate contacts between scientists working in the field of the Casimir effect, which is a multidisciplinary subject ranging from the elementary particle physics, gravitation and cosmology to the van der Waals forces, material properties, surface physics, precise measurements and nanotechnology. The Symposium will take place in the Conference hall of the Pastoral Cultural Center “Georgios” with breathtaking sea views and splendid panoramic views of Piran.

The main topics to be discussed at the Fifth International Casimir Symposium are the following:

  1. The Casimir force between real bodies with account of their material and geometrical properties.
  2. Precise measurements of the Casimir force.
  3. The Casimir-Polder force between atoms (nanoparticles) and material surfaces.
  4. The Casimir effect in elementary particle physics and the effect of vacuum polarization.
  5. The role of Casimir energy density in gravitation and cosmology.
  6. Constraints on hypothetical interactions, dark matter and dark energy from measuring the Casimir force.
  7. Dynamical Casimir effect.
  8. Applications of the Casimir force in nanotechnology.
  9. Casimir force out of thermal equilibrium.

The Organizing Committee

G. L. Klimchitskaya and V. M. Mostepanenko (co-Chairs)
V. B. Bezerra (Brazil)
E. R. Bezerra de Mello (Brazil)
G. Bimonte (Italy)
M. Bordag (Germany)
U. Mohideen (USA)
G. Palasantzas (Netherlands)
R. Podgornik (Slovenia, China)
C. Romero (Brazil)

II. Participation

For participation in the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir effect, please fill out the Registration Form, posted below. The Registration Form and a brief abstract of your talk (the txt-file in English containing title, author names and 10 to 15 lines of text) should be sent by e-mail as soon as possible to the following address: vmostepa@gmail.com

The Organizing Committee will confirm the receiving of each abstract and the Registration Form.

III. Registration Form

Please send us the following information about you. Using this information, we will issue the official invitation.

Registration Form

  1. Family name as in passport:
  2. Given names as in passport:
  3. Date of birth:
  4. Place of birth:
  5. Nationality and passport number:
  6. Date of issue:
  7. Validity date:
  8. Affiliation and mailing address:
  9. Position:
  10. Title of the talk:
  11. Oral/poster:
  12. E-mail address:
  13. Planned date of arrival:
  14. Planned date of departure:

IV. Proceedings

The Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir Effect will be published as a special issue of the Journal indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. All details concerning the preparation and submission of manuscripts will be posted in due time at this website.

V. Registration fee

The “early bird” Registration fee of the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir Effect (to be paid until July 1, 2024) is Euros 200. The bank transfer information will be sent to each participant together with the official invitation. The registration fee covers a Conference bag, participation in all sessions, coffee breaks, welcome party, and publication of the Program and the Symposium Proceedings. If paid on arrival at the Registration desk, the full Registration fee is Euros 250.

VI. Scientific Program

Under construction. The final Program, including shorter and poster talks, will be published in the end of August. Below, please find the list of confirmed longer plenary talks.

CONFIRMED LONGER PLENARY TALKS

1. V. B. Bezerra (Brazil). Some remarks on the Casimir effect in gravitation and cosmology.

2. E. R. Bezerra de Mello (Brazil). Induced current in high-dimensional AdS bulk in the presence of a cosmic string and brane.

3. B. S. Lu (Thailand). Resonant Casimir-Polder interaction between an excited atom and a topological insulator.

4. M. Bordag (Germany). Casimir effect with an unstable mode.

5. M. Boström (Poland). A link between quantum postulates and Casimir physics in high-density plasmas.

6. P. Brax (France). Casimir forces in CFT with defects and boundaries.

7. G. Cleaver (USA). Asymmetric dynamical Casimir effect.

8. V. Dodonov (Brazil). How to simulate the dynamical Casimir effect in a laboratory.

9. T. Emig (France). A novel multiple scattering expansion for EM waves in Casimir physics.

10. R. Esquivel Sirvent (Mexico). Probing time crystals with Casimir forces.

11. M. Good (Kazakhstan, USA). Casimir acceleration temperature (CAT).

12. C. Henkel (Germany). Material thoughts about the thermal Anomaly – Nothing is more attractive.

13. H. Hillmer (Germany). Self Assembly of Metallic MEMS Using Casimir Forces: Fabrication, Simulation and Characterization (in collaboration with B. Elsaka, Ph. Kästner, E. Friedmann, C. Backes, J. Adam and S. Buhmann).

14. F. Intravaia (Germany). On the physics of nonequilibrium atom-surface interactions.

15. N. Khusnutdinov (Brazil). Polarization tensor approach for Casimir effect.

16. G. L. Klimchitskaya (Brazil, Russia). Role of transverse electric evanescent waves in Casimir physics.

17. P. A. Maia Neto (Brazil). The Casimir interaction in electrolyte solutions.

18. K. Milton (USA). Self-propulsion and torque on an inhomogeneous object out of thermal equilibrium.

19. U. Mohideen (USA). Precision Casimir force measurements with graphene.

20. V. M. Mostepanenko (Brazil, Russia). Quantum field theoretical description of the nonequilibrium Casimir interaction in graphene systems.

21. J. N. Munday (USA). Engineering Casimir forces and torques.

22. G. Palasantzas (Netherlands). Casimir forces between real materials towards actuation dynamics of devices.

23. R. Podgornik (China, Slovenia). Casimir effect in soft condensed matter – flashbacks and perspectives.

24. P. Rodriguez-Lopez (Spain). Kubo versus QFT models for graphene conductivity and their effect on Casimir effect.

25. A. Rodriguez (USA). Speed-of-light limitations and scaling laws in fluctuational electrodynamics.

26. R. I. P. Sedmik (Austria). Force metrology as a window to new physics: fluctuation phenomena and the dark sector.

27. T. Shegai (Sveden). Casimir self-assembly as a tunable microcavity and polaritonic platform.

28. V. B. Svetovoy (Russia). Measurement of adhesion and dispersion forces between rough surfaces near the contact by the method of adhered cantilever.

29. C. Villarreal (Mexico). Casimir grids, heat flux networks, and Abrikosov vortex lattices.

30. L. Woods (USA). New developments in Casimir physics inspired by novel materials.

VI. Accommodation

Piran offers a variety of accommodations. Note that this is a very popular tourist town and September is the end of the top season. Because of this the Organizing Committee strongly recommends to make your Hotel reservation at your earliest convenience.

The main Hotels are Hotel Piran (https://hotel-piran.si/en/) and Art-Hotel Tartini (https://www.arthoteltartini.com/)

A number of value-for-money accommodations of different kinds (from rooms at small hotels with or without breakfast to one- two- and three-room apartments, etc.) can be reserved at the following websites:

https://www.booking.com/

https://www.airbnb.com/

VII. Cultural Program

Piran is well known all over the world as a beautiful ancient town on the Adriatic coast with a number of historical monuments dating from the Roman Empire, Byzantium and Venetian Republic (it was a part of it for centuries). Please see below a couple of town views. The middle of September is a favourable swimming season when heat goes down, while the sea water remains pleasant. All participants of the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir Effect will have an opportinity to take part in the city tour and individual excursions to various places of interest during the free day, including the famous caves, as per their choice.

Piran can be reached by bus and shuttle services from the Airports of Ljubljana, Trieste, and Venice.