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The Casimir force on two-dimensional pistons for massive scalar fields with both Dirichlet and hybrid boundary conditions is computed. The physical result is obtained by making use of generalized $\zeta$-function regularization technique.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-03-12 Xiang-hua Zhai , Yan-yan Zhang , Xin-zhou Li

The Casimir interaction energy due to the vacuum fluctuations of a massive vector field between two perfectly conducting concentric spherical bodies is computed. The TE contribution to the Casimir interaction energy is a direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. P. Teo

In this paper, we derive the formula for the Casimir interaction energy between a sphere and a plate in $(D+1)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. It is assumed that the scalar field satisfies the Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 L. P. Teo

We study the cylinder-plate and the cylinder-cylinder Casimir interaction in the $(D+1)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime due to the vacuum fluctuations of massless scalar fields. Different combinations of Dirichlet (D) and Neumann (N)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 L. P. Teo

Analytic expressions that describe Casimir interactions over the entire range of separations have been limited to planar surfaces. Here we derive analytic expressions for the classical or high-temperature limit of Casimir interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-30 G. Bimonte , T. Emig

We study the Casimir effect at finite temperature for a massless scalar field in the parallel plates geometry in N spatial dimensions, under various combinations of Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions on the plates. We show that in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Rubin , J. Feinberg , A. Mann , M. Revzen

The stress tensor of a massless scalar field satisfying Robin boundary conditions on two one-dimensional wall in two-dimensional Schwarzschild background is calculated. We show that vacuum expectation value of stress tensor can be obtained…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 M R Setare

We derive the radiation pressure force on a non-relativistic moving plate in 1+1 dimensions. We assume that a massless scalar field satisfies either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions (BC) at the instantaneous position of the plate.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. T. Alves , C. Farina , P. A. Maia Neto

The Casimir energy or stress due to modes in a D-dimensional volume subject to TM (mixed) boundary conditions on a bounding spherical surface is calculated. Both interior and exterior modes are included. Together with earlier results found…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Kimball A. Milton

In this study, we examine the role of the repulsive Casimir force in counteracting the gravitational contraction of a thin spherically symmetric shell. Our main focus is to explore the possibility of achieving a stable balanced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-11 Leonardo Bellinato Giacomelli , Benjamin Koch , Iva Lovrekovic , Angel Rincon

We consider the case of a free real massive bulk scalar in D=4 dimensions, and embed two parallel plates as interfaces on which we impose non-linear boundary conditions, either Dirichlet- or Neumann-like, parameterized by a new coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-11 Fabrizio Canfora , David Dudal , Thomas Oosthuyse , Pablo Pais , Luigi Rosa , Sebbe Stouten

We present a canonical formalism facilitating investigations of the dynamical Casimir effect by means of a response theory approach. We consider a massless scalar field confined inside of an arbitaray domain $G(t)$, which undergoes small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. Schützhold , G. Plunien , G. Soff

In this paper we examine the Casimir effect for charged fields in presence of external magnetic field. We consider scalar field (connected with spinless particles) and the Dirac field (connected with 1/2-spin particles). In both cases we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcin Ostrowski

In this paper we take a deeper look at the technically elementary but physically robust viewpoint in which the Casimir energy in dielectric media is interpreted as the change in the total zero point energy of the electromagnetic vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Carmen Molina-Paris , Matt Visser

The Casimir effect refers to the existence of a macroscopic force between conducting plates in vacuum due to quantum fluctuations of fields. These forces play an important role, among other things, in the design of nano-scale mechanical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Dimitra Karabali

A boundary undergoing relativistic motion can create particles from quantum vacuum fluctuations in a phenomenon known as the dynamical Casimir effect. We examine the creation of particles, and more generally the transformation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Maximilian P. E. Lock , Ivette Fuentes

This paper continues the investigation of the Casimir effect with the use of the algebraic formulation of quantum field theory in the initial value setting. Basing on earlier papers by one of us (AH) we approximate the Dirichlet and Neumann…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-15 Andrzej Herdegen , Mariusz Stopa

In this paper, the two-dimensional Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole is considered as a system of the Casimir type. In this background the Casimir effect for the massless Dirac field is discussed. The massless Dirac field is confined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Xin-Qin Gao , Jian-Yang Zhu

Motivated by experiments in which moving boundaries are simulated by time-dependent properties of static systems, we discuss the model of a massless scalar field submitted to a time-dependent Robin boundary condition (BC) at a static mirror…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 C. Farina , Hector O. Silva , Andreson L. C. Rego , Danilo T. Alves

We investigate the pseudo-Casimir force acting between two charged surfaces confining a single polyelectrolyte chain with opposite charge. We expand the exact free energy to the second order in the local electrostatic field as well as the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Podgornik , J. Dobnikar