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The Casimir effect has been studied for various quantum fields in both flat and curved spacetimes. As a further step along this line, we provide an explicit derivation of Casimir effect for massless spin-3/2 field with periodic boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-03-19 Wenbiao Liu , Kui Xiao , Hongbao Zhang

We present a general analytical approach to investigate relativistic corrections in the dynamical Casimir effect (DCE). Particularly, we discuss the behavior of the additional frequency bands that appear in the spectral distribution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Andreson L. C. Rego , João Paulo da S. Alves , Danilo T. Alves , C. Farina

Using a diagrammatic approach to Eulerian perturbation theory, we analytically calculate the variance and skewness of the density and velocity divergence induced by gravitational evolution from Gaussian initial conditions, including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-30 Roman Scoccimarro , Joshua Frieman

We extend our previous work on a derivative expansion for the Casimir energy, to the case of the electromagnetic field coupled to two thin, imperfect mirrors. The latter are described by means of vacuum polarization tensors localized on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Cesar D. Fosco , Fernando C. Lombardo , Francisco D. Mazzitelli

We study the field theoretical model of a scalar field in presence of spacial inhomogeneities in form of one and two finite width mirrors (material slabs). The interaction of the scalar field with the defect is described with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Ignat V. Fialkovsky , Vladimir N. Markov , Yuriy M. Pis'mak

This paper investigates the Casimir Energy modifications due to the Lorentz-violating CPT-even contribution in an extension of the scalar QED. We have considered the complex scalar field satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions between two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-20 M. C. Araújo , J. Furtado , R. V. Maluf

We demonstrate that the Unruh-DeWitt harmonic-oscillator detectors in (1+1) dimensions derivative-coupled with a massless scalar field can mimic the atom mirrors in free space. Without introducing the Dirichlet boundary condition to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-30 Shih-Yuin Lin

In this paper we revisit and extend a previous analysis where the possible relevance of quantum gravity effects in a cosmological setup was studied. The object of interest are non-local (logarithmic) terms generated in the effective action…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. A. Cabrer , D. Espriu

Analytical arguments suggest that the Casimir energy in 2+1 dimensions for gauge theories exponentially decays with the distance between the boundaries. The phenomenon has also been observed by non-perturbative numerical simulations. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-31 Manuel Asorey , Fernando Ezquerro , Miguel Pardina

We consider a real massless scalar field inside a cavity with two moving mirrors in a two-dimensional spacetime, satisfying Dirichlet boundary condition at the instantaneous position of the boundaries, for arbitrary and relativistic laws of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Danilo T. Alves , Edney R. Granhen , Wagner P. Pires

A perfectly reflecting (Dirichlet) boundary condition at the edge of an impenetrable magnetic-flux-carrying tube of nonzero transverse size is imposed on the charged massive scalar matter field which is quantized outside the tube. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-06 V. M. Gorkavenko , Yu. A. Sitenko , O. B. Stepanov

Vacuum fluctuations of quantum fields between physical objects depend on the shapes, positions, and internal composition of the latter. For objects of arbitrary shapes, even made from idealized materials, the calculation of the associated…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-10-27 M. N. Chernodub , Harold Erbin , I. V. Grishmanovskii , V. A. Goy , A. V. Molochkov

We investigate the Casimir effect for a massless scalar field confined between two parallel semitransparent mirrors in a vacuum modified by spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking. Using Green's function techniques and a point-splitting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-01 Román Linares , C. A. Escobar , A. Martín-Ruiz , E. Plácido

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

We consider the quantum radiation from a partially reflecting moving mirror for the massless scalar field in 1+1 Minkowski space. Partial reflectivity is achieved by localizing a delta-type potential at the mirror's position. The radiated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Nistor Nicolaevici

We calculate the Casimir energy for scalar and gauge fields in interaction with zero-width mirrors, including quantum effects due to the matter fields inside the mirrors. We consider models where those fields are either scalar or fermionic,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. D. Fosco , F. C. Lombardo , F. D. Mazzitelli

The linearized Einstein field equations with the renormalized stress tensor of a massless quantum scalar field as source are solved in the 4-dimensional spacetime near an infinite plane boundary. The motion of particles and light is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-24 V. A. De Lorenci , L. G. Gomes , E. S. Moreira

We study the situation where two point like mirrors are placed in the vacuum state of a scalar field in a two-dimensional spacetime. Describing the scattering upon the mirrors by transmittivity and reflectivity functions obeying unitarity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Marc-Thierry Jaekel , Serge Reynaud

We investigate the Casimir effect as a probe of Lorentz symmetry violation for a real scalar field confined to a rectangular waveguide with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The field dynamics is governed by a Lorentz-violating extension of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-10 M. B. Cruz , E. R. Bezerra de Mello , A. Martín-Ruiz

In this paper, the first order radiative correction to the Casimir energy for a massive scalar field in the $\phi^4$ theory on a spherical surface with $S^2$ topology was calculated. In common methods for calculating the radiative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-17 M. A. Valuyan