Comment on "Possible resolution of the Casimir force finite temperature correction "controversies""

TL;DR

This paper critiques a recent proposed modification to the Lifshitz formula for Casimir forces, demonstrating it conflicts with experimental data and thermodynamic principles, thus challenging its validity.

Contribution

It provides a critical analysis showing the proposed modification is inconsistent with experimental results and thermodynamics, refuting its claim to resolve Casimir force controversies.

Findings

The modification contradicts experimental data

It violates the Nernst heat theorem

The proposed resolution is incorrect

Abstract

The recently suggested modification of the transverse electric contribution to the Lifshitz formula (S. K. Lamoreaux, arXiv:0801.1283) is discussed. We show that this modification is inconsistent with the data of two precise experiments, and violates the Nernst heat theorem. The preprint's suggestion concerning the resolution of the "apparent violation of the Third Law of Thermodynamics" is shown to be incorrect.