Fluctuation-electromagnetic interaction under dynamic and thermal nonequilibrium conditions

We systematically summarize theoretical developments related to the relativistic and nonrelativistic fluctuation-electromagnetic interaction of bodies of different temperatures moving translationally and (or) rotationally relative to one another. The small-particle-plate and small-particle-vacuum background configurations are considered as the basic ones. A method is presented for calculating the basic characteristics of this interaction: the conservative-dissipative forces and torques, the heating (cooling) rates, and the intensities of thermal and nonthermal radiation fluxes that arise under 'Cherenkov friction' conditions. Experimental results and possible applications are discussed.