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We use a functional approach to calculate the Casimir energy due to Dirac fields in interaction with thin, flat, parallel walls, which implement imperfect bag-like boundary conditions. These are simulated by the introduction of delta-like…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. D. Fosco , E. L. Losada

The Casimir effect is a physical manifestation of zero point energy of quantum vacuum. In a relativistic quantum field theory, Poincar\'e symmetry of the theory seems, at first sight, to imply that non-zero vacuum energy is inconsistent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-29 Takamaru Akita , Mamoru Matsunaga

We consider the Casimir effect for a scalar field interacting with another scalar field that is confined to two half spaces. This model is aimed to mimic the interaction of the photon field with matter in two slabs. We use Dirichlet…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-23 Michael Bordag , Irina G. Pirozhenko

The vacuum energy density (Casimir energy) corresponding to a massless scalar quantum field living in different universes (mainly no-boundary ones), in several dimensions, is calculated. Hawking's zeta function regularization procedure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-17 E. Elizalde

In this paper, we compute the leading-order and first-order radiative corrections to the Casimir energy of a massive Lorentz-violating scalar field governed by a $\phi^4$ interaction on a network. For simplicity, the network is chosen to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-28 M. A. Valuyan

We present a general extension of a field-theoretic approach developed in earlier papers to the calculation of the free energy of symmetrically layered electrolytic systems which is based on the Sine-Gordon field theory for the Coulomb gas.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 D. S. Dean , R. R. Horgan

We construct various self-similar configurations using parallel $\delta$-function plates and show that it is possible to evaluate the Casimir interaction energy of these configurations using the idea of self-similarity alone. We restrict…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-14 K. V. Shajesh , Iver Brevik , Inés Cavero-Peláez , Prachi Parashar

This paper presents comprehensive calculations for thermal and first-order radiative corrections to the Casimir energy in systems involving self-interacting massive and massless scalar fields coupled with {\ae}ther in a fifth compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-14 M. A. Valuyan

The Casimir energy is computed in the geometry of interest for the most precise experiments, a plane and a sphere in electromagnetic vacuum. The scattering formula is developed on adapted plane-waves and multipole basis, leading to an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-31 Paulo A. Maia Neto , Astrid Lambrecht , Serge Reynaud

We derive analytic expressions for the Helmholtz free energy, Casimir force, and Casimir entropy for both one-dimensional and three-dimensional scalar fields with Dirichlet boundary conditions at finite temperature. We investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-27 Liang Chen , Yu-Jing Wang , Sheng-Yan Li

We consider the Casimir interaction between two spheres in $(D+1)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime due to the vacuum fluctuations of scalar fields. We consider combinations of Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The TGTG formula of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 L. P. Teo

In this work we consider the dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar field -- under Dirichlet boundary conditions -- between two concentric spherical shells. We obtain a general expression for the average number of particle creation,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Pascoal , L. C. Céleri , S. S. Mizrahi , M. H. Y. Moussa

In this work, we obtain the Casimir energy for the real scalar field and the Elko neutral spinor field in a field theory at a Lifshitz fixed point (LP). We analyze the massless and the massive case for both fields using dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 R. V. Maluf , D. M. Dantas , C. A. S. Almeida

We apply general formalism of quantum field theory and addition theorem for Bessel functions to derive formula for the Casimir-Polder energy of interaction between a polarizable particle and a dilute dielectric ball and Casimir energy of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Valery N. Marachevsky

In this paper we calculate the Casimir energy for a dielectric-diamagnetic cylinder with the speed of light differing on the inside and outside. Although the result is in general divergent, special cases are meaningful. The well-known…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Ines Cavero-Pelaez , Kimball A. Milton

In this paper we compute the Casimir energy for a coupled fermion-pseudoscalar field system. In the model considered in this paper the pseudoscalar field is \textit{static} and \textit{prescribed} with two adjustable parameters. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-25 Leila Shahkarami , Azadeh Mohammadi , Siamak Sadat Gousheh

We consider the Casimir effect of the electromagnetic field in a higher dimensional spacetime of the form $M\times \mathcal{N}$, where $M$ is the 4-dimensional Minkowski spacetime and $\mathcal{N}$ is an $n$-dimensional compact manifold.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-08 L. P. Teo

In this work I investigate the finite temperature Casimir effect due to a massive and charged scalar field that breaks Lorentz invariance in a CPT-even, aether-like way. I study the cases of Dirichlet and mixed (Dirichlet-Neumann) boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-11 Andrea Erdas

We consider the vacuum energy of the electromagnetic field in systems characterized by a constant conductivity using the zeta-regularization approach. The interaction in two cases is investigated: two infinitely thin parallel sheets and an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-11 Nail Khusnutdinov , D. Drosdoff , Lilia M. Woods

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