Abstract
It is shown that the Raabe and Welsch [Phys. Rev. A 71, 013814 (2005)] criticism of the Dzyaloshinskii-Lifshitz-Pitaevskii theory of the van der Waals–Casimir forces inside a medium is based on misunderstandings. It is explained why and at which conditions one can use the “Minkowski-like” stress tensor for calculations of the forces. The reason why, in my opinion, the approach of Raabe and Welsch is incorrect is discussed.
- Received 13 June 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.047801
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