Solvay workshop             Nonequilibrium and nonlinear phenomena in statistical mechanics              July 11-13, 2016

Non-quilibrium fluctuation-induced forces

Mehran Kardar

Matthias Krüger, Thosten Emig, Giuseppe Bimonte, Robert Jaffe

Ramin Golestanian, Vlad Golyk, Mohammad Maghrebi


Outline

I.        Non-equilibrium QED: Breakdown of Stefan-Boltzmann law & Rytov's "fluctuational QED"                                            

II.      Heat radiation and transfer: The near field regime

III.     Nonequilibrium force: Force, levitation and propulsion 

IV.     Dynamic phenomena: Rotating object

V.      Anomalous wandering of classical particle in a quantum bath

VI.    Summary