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For a Friedman-Robertson-Walker space-time in which the only contribution to the stress-energy tensor comes from the renormalised zero-point energy (i.e. the Casimir energy) of the fundamental fields the evolution of the universe (the scale…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Antonsen , Karsten Bormann

The Casimir energies and pressures for a massless scalar field associated with $\delta$-function potentials in 1+1 and 3+1 dimensions are calculated. For parallel plane surfaces, the results are finite, coincide with the pressures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Kimball A. Milton

We compute the Casimir energy between an unusual pair of parallel plates at finite temperature, namely, a perfectely conducting plate ($\epsilon\to\infty$) and an infinitely permeable one ($\mu\to\infty$) by applying the generalized zeta…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 F. C. Santos , A. Tenório , A. C. Tort

In this article we consider the Casimir energy and force of massless Majorana fermions and vector bosons between parallel plates. The vector bosons satisfy perfect electric conductor boundary conditions while the Majorana fermions satisfy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-01-04 V. K. Oikonomou , N. D. Tracas

The Casimir effect is a quantum phenomenon induced by the zero-point energy of relativistic fields confined in a finite-size system. This effect for photon fields has been studied for a long time, while the realization of counterparts for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-22 Katsumasa Nakayama , Kei Suzuki

Casimir energy for a massless scalar field for a conical wedge and a conical cavity are calculated. The group generated by the images is employed in deriving the Green functions as well as the wave functions and the energy spectrum.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Ahmedov , I. H. Duru

The Casimir effect for Dirac as well as for scalar charged particles is influenced by external magnetic fields. It is also influenced by finite temperature. Here we consider the Casimir effect for a charged scalar field under the combined…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. V. Cougo-Pinto , C. Farina , M. R. Negrao , A. Tort

The Casimir force is calculated analytically for configurations of two parallel plates and a spherical lens (sphere) above a plate with account of nonzero temperature, finite conductivity of the boundary metal and surface roughness. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Geyer , G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko

We compute the leading radiative correction to the Casimir force between two parallel plates in the $\lambda\Phi^4$ theory. Dirichlet and periodic boundary conditions are considered. A heuristic approach, in which the Casimir energy is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-29 Luiz C. de Albuquerque , R. M. Cavalcanti

Zero-frequency Casimir theory is analyzed from different viewpoints, focusing on the Drude-plasma issue that turns up when one considers thermal corrections to the Casimir force. The problem is that the plasma model, although leaving out…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Johan S. Høye , Iver Brevik

We apply the physically more appealing MIT Bag boundary conditions to study the Casimir effect on the lattice. Employing the formalism of arXiv:2005.10758 to calculate the Casimir energy for free lattice fermions, we show that the results…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-11-15 Yash V. Mandlecha , Rajiv V. Gavai

We find static solitons stabilized by quantum corrections in a (1+1)-dimensional model with a scalar field chirally coupled to fermions. This model does not support classical solitons. We compute the renormalized energy functional including…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Farhi , N. Graham , R. L. Jaffe , H. Weigel

Quantum fluctuations of massless scalar fields represented by quantum fluctuations of the quasiparticle vacuum in a zero-temperature dilute Bose-Einstein condensate may well provide the first experimental arena for measuring the Casimir…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ariel Edery

We calculate the Casimir energy of a massless scalar field in a cavity formed by nearby parallel plates orbiting a rotating spherical body surrounded by quintessence, investigating the influence of the gravitational field on that energy, at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 V. B. Bezerra , M. S. Cunha , L. F. F. Freitas , C. R. Muniz

In this work the Casimir effect is studied for scalar fields in the presence of boundaries and under the influence of arbitrary smooth potentials of compact support. In this setting, piston configurations are analyzed in which the piston is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-02-27 Matthew Beauregard , Guglielmo Fucci , Klaus Kirsten , Pedro Morales

In discussions of the cosmological constant, the Casimir effect is often invoked as decisive evidence that the zero point energies of quantum fields are "real''. On the contrary, Casimir effects can be formulated and Casimir forces can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 R. L. Jaffe

In plasma physics, a hybrid fluid-kinetic model is composed of a magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) part that describes a bulk fluid component and a Vlasov kinetic theory part that describes an energetic plasma component. While most hybrid models…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-02-03 Philip J. Morrison , Emanuele Tassi , Cesare Tronci

We use a functional approach to evaluate the Casimir free energy for a self-interacting scalar field in $d+1$ dimensions, satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions on two parallel planes. When the interaction is turned off, exact results for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-09-16 Claudio Ccapa Ttira , Cesar D. Fosco

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 work we analyze the Casimir energy and force for a {\it thick} piston configuration. This study is performed by utilizing the spectral zeta function regularization method. The results we obtain for the Casimir energy and force…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-26 Guglielmo Fucci