Casimir torque between dielectrics

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Abstract
We show that the vacuum can induce a torque between two uniaxial birefringent dielectric plates. We discuss the differences and analogies between this torque and the Casimir force in the same configuration. We show that the torque can be interpreted as arising from angular-momentum transfer from the vacuum to the plates, as well as from the orientation dependence of the zero-point energy.