On the Casimir entropy between 'perfect crystals'
Statistical Mechanics
2012-07-02 v1
Abstract
We give a re-interpretation of an `entropy defect' in the electromagnetic Casimir effect. The electron gas in a perfect crystal is an electromagnetically disordered system whose entropy contains a finite Casimir-like contribution. The Nernst theorem (third law of thermodynamics) is not applicable.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0911.3489,
title = {On the Casimir entropy between 'perfect crystals'},
author = {Carsten Henkel and Francesco Intravaia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3489},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of "Quantum Field Theory under the influence of external boundary conditions" QFExt (Oklahoma, Sep 2009)