Dirk Polder
Dirk Polder (23 August 1919 – 18 March 2001) 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. He also worked on the similar topic of radiative heat transfer at nanoscale.[2]
Dirk Polder | |
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 Dirk Polder | |
| Born | 23 August 1919 |
| Died | 18 March 2001 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden |
| Known for | Casimir–Polder effect Polder tensor |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Philips Research Laboratories Delft University of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir |
In 1978 Polder became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
References
- Casimir, Hendrik B. G.; Polder, Dirk (1948). "The Influence of Retardation on the London-van der Waals Forces". Physical Review. 73 (4): 360–372. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.73.360. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- Polder, Dirk; Van Hove, Michel A. (1971). "Theory of Radiative Heat Transfer between Closely Spaced Bodies". Physical Review B. 4 (10): 3303–3314. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.4.3303. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- "Dirk Polder (1919 - 2001)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- Obituary
- Q. H. F. Vrehen, Dirk Polder, Levensberichten en herdenkingen (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2002), pp. 57–63. ISBN 90-6984-343-9
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