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The path is explored between one-dimensional scattering through Dirac-$\delta$ walls and one-dimensional quantum field theories defined on a finite length interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is found that two $\delta$'s are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-06-10 J. Mateos Guilarte , Jose M. Muñoz-Castañeda

Weyl fermions in an external magnetic field exhibit the chiral anomaly, a non-conservation of chiral fermions. In a Weyl semimetal, a spatially inhomogeneous Weyl node separation causes similar effect by creating an intrinsic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 Dmitry I. Pikulin , Roni Ilan

The Casimir effect is considered for a wedge with opening angle $\alpha $, with perfectly conducting walls, when the interior region is filled with an isotropic and nondispersive medium with permittivity $\epsilon $ and permeability $\mu $.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-14 I. Brevik , K. Pettersen

Cavities with periodically oscillating mirrors have been predicted to excite photon pairs out of the quantum vacuum in a process known as the Dynamical Casimir effect. Here we propose and analyse an experimental layout that can provide an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Daniele Faccio , Iacopo Carusotto

With the intent of exploring how the interplay between boundary effects and chiral symmetry breaking may alter the thermodynamical behavior of a system of strongly interacting fermions, we study the Casimir effect for the setup of two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Antonino Flachi

The quantum vacuum (Casimir) energy arising from noninteracting massless quanta is known to induce a long-range force, while decays exponentially for massive fields and separations larger than the inverse mass of the quanta involved. Here,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-07 Antonino Flachi , Vincenzo Vitagliano

Understanding the force between charged surfaces immersed in an electrolyte solution is a classic problem in soft matter and liquid-state theory. Recent experiments showed that the force decays exponentially but the characteristic decay…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-09-26 Alpha A. Lee , Jean-Pierre Hansen , Olivier Bernard , Benjamin Rotenberg

In previous works Suppes and de Barros used a pure particle model to derive interference effects, where individual photons have well-defined trajectories, and hence no wave properties. In the present paper we extend that description to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Patrick Suppes , Adonai S. Sant'Anna , J. Acacio de Barros

In this paper the quantum vacuum energies induced by massive fluctuations of one real scalar field on a configuration of two partially transparent plates are analysed. The physical properties of the infinitely thin plates are characterized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-06-17 Jose M. Munoz-Castaneda , J. Mateos Guilarte , A. Moreno Mosquera

In this work, we investigate the violation of Lorentz symmetry through the Casimir effect. The Casimir effect is one of the most intriguing aspects of modern physics, representing a macroscopic quantum-origin force between two neutral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-29 E. R. Bezerra de Mello , M. B. Cruz

We propose the Casimir effect as a general method to observe Lifshitz transitions in electron systems. The concept is demonstrated with a planar spin-orbit coupled semiconductor in a magnetic field. We calculate the Casimir force between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Andrew A. Allocca , Justin H. Wilson , Victor Galitski

We study the dynamical Casimir effect in a double superconducting cavity in a circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture. Parameters in the quantum circuit are chosen in such a way the superconducting cavity can mimic a double cavity,…

Motivated by a recent proposal for an experimental verification of the dynamical Casimir effect, the macroscopic electromagnetic field within a perfect cavity containing a thin slab with a time-dependent dielectric permittivity is quantized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michael Uhlmann , Günter Plunien , Ralf Schützhold , Gerhard Soff

We study the Dirichlet Casimir effect for a complex scalar field on two noncommutative spatial coordinates plus a commutative time. To that end, we introduce Dirichlet-like boundary conditions on a curve contained in the spatial plane, in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. D. Fosco , G. A. Moreno

Eigenmodes of electromagnetic field with perfectly conducting or infinitely permeable conditions on the boundary of a D-dimensional spherically symmetric cavity is derived explicitly. It is shown that there are (D-2) polarizations for TE…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 L. P. Teo

By means of two simple examples: phase and amplitude damping, the impact of decoherence on the dynamical Casimir effect is investigated. Even without dissipating energy (i.e., pure phase damping), the amount of created particles can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ralf Schützhold , Markus Tiersch

We give an overview of the work done during the past ten years on the Casimir interaction in electronic topological materials, our focus being solids which possess surface or bulk electronic band structures with nontrivial topologies, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-15 Bing-Sui Lu

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

We propose a method for the detection of a dynamical Casimir effect. Assuming that the Casimir photons are being generated in an electromagnetic cavity with a vibrating wall (dynamical Casimir effect), we consider electrons passing through…

The prototypical Casimir effect arises when a scalar field is confined between parallel Dirichlet boundaries. We study corrections to this when the boundaries themselves have apertures and edges. We consider several geometries: a single…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-02 Daniel Kabat , Dimitra Karabali , V. P. Nair