Casimir entropy for ferromagnetic materials

Abstract

We describe recent results concerning the compatibility of the Lifshitz theory of dispersion forces with thermodynamics. It is shown that for ferromagnetic metals described by the plasma model and for ferromagnetic dielectrics with omitted dc conductivity the Lifshitz theory satisfies the Nernst heat theorem. At the same time, for magnetic metals described by the Drude model and for ferromagnetic dielectrics with account of dc conductivity the Nernst heat theorem is violated.