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We find the moment of the van der Waals forces between two anisotropic uniaxial thick plates separated by a thick gap filled with isotropic material. Errors which occurred in [2, 3] in a discussion of this effect are pointed out.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 1637–1643, November, 1978.
In conclusion, we thank V. L. Ginzburg, who brought the existence of the effect discussed in this article to the attention of the author.
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Barash, Y.S. Moment of van der Waals forces between anisotropic bodies. Radiophys Quantum Electron 21, 1138–1143 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02121382
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02121382