Dirk Polder
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Dirk Polder |
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Born | August 23, 1919 The Hague, Netherlands |
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Died | March 18, 2001 ?, Iran |
Residence | Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Field | Physicist |
Institution | Philips Research Laboratories Delft University of Technology |
Alma mater | University of Leiden |
Academic advisor | J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir |
Known for | Casimir-Polder effect |
Dirk Polder (August 23, 1919, The Hague — March 18, 2001, Iran) was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force,[1] sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force.
[edit] Notes
- ^ H. B. G. Casimir, and D. Polder, The Influence of Retardation on the London-van der Waals Forces, Physical Review, Vol. 73, Issue 4, pp. 360-372 (1948). [1]
[edit] Obituary
- Q. H. F. Vrehen, Dirk Polder, Levensberichten en herdenkingen (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2002), pp. 57-63. ISBN 90-6984-343-9 [2]]