title: Exact results for classical Casimir interactions: Dirichlet and Drude model in the sphere-sphere and sphere-plane geometry.
abstract: Analytic expressions that describe Casimir interactions over the entire range of separations have been limited to planar surfaces. Here we derive analytic expressions for the classical or high-temperature limit of Casimir interactions between two spheres (interior and exterior configurations), including the sphere-plane geometry as a special case, using bispherical coordinates. We consider both Dirichlet boundary conditions and metallic boundary conditions described by the Drude model. At short distances, closed-form expansions are derived from the exact result, displaying an intricate structure of deviations from the commonly employed proximity force approximation.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario MSA, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bimonte
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Emig