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On the fermionic van der Waals and Casimir-Polder interactions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-11-20 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We formulate fermionic versions, for any number of spatial dimensions, of the van der Waals and Casimir-Polder interactions, and study their properties. In both cases, the systems we introduce contain localized `atoms': two-level systems, coupled to a vacuum Dirac field. This Dirac field plays here a role akin to the electromagnetic field in the van der Waals case. In this context, bag-model conditions for the Dirac field serve as the analog of the 'mirror' in the Casimir-Polder effect. We found that, in this case, the resulting interaction is repulsive.

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@article{arxiv.2411.10241,
  title  = {On the fermionic van der Waals and Casimir-Polder interactions},
  author = {C. D. Fosco and G. Hansen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.10241},
  year   = {2024}
}

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