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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

The Casimir effect for a massless scalar field on the helix boundary condition which is named as quantum spring is studied in our recent paper\cite{Feng}. In this paper, the Casimir effect of the quantum spring is investigated in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-08 Xiang-hua Zhai , Xin-zhou Li , Chao-Jun Feng

Two fundamental signatures of Quantum Mechanics are tunnelling and the Casimir effect. We examine the ground state energetic properties of a scalar field confined on a $D$-dimensional sphere, and subjected to these two effects. We focus on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-02 Jean Alexandre , Drew Backhouse

This chapter explores various aspects of the Dynamical Casimir Effect (DCE) and its implications in the context of circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED). We begin by reviewing the origin and fundamental properties of the DCE, including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-16 Fernando C. Lombardo , Paula I. Villar

The dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar field in 1+1-dimensions is studied numerically by solving a system of coupled first-order differential equations. The number of scalar particles created from vacuum is given by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marcus Ruser

We present improved worldline numerical algorithms for high-precision calculations of Casimir interaction energies induced by scalar-field fluctuations with Dirichlet boundary conditions for various Casimir geometries. Significant reduction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Holger Gies , Klaus Klingmuller

We analyze the dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar field confined between two concentric spherical shells which impose on the field mixed boundary conditions. We thus complement a previous result [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{78}, 032521…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-27 F. Pascoal , L. C. Céleri , S. S. Mizrahi , M. H. Y. Moussa , C. Farina

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

We calculate the next to the leading order Casimir effect for a real scalar field, within $\phi^4$ theory, confined between two parallel plates in three spatial dimensions with the Dirichlet boundary condition. In this paper we introduce a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-03 Reza Moazzemi , Maryam Namdar , Siamak S. Gousheh

We investigate the dynamic Casimir effect (DCE) of a $1+1$ dimensional free massless scalar field in a finite or semi-infinite cavity for which the boundary condition (BC) instantaneously changes from the Neumann to Dirichlet BC or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Umpei Miyamoto

In this thesis, we investigate the dynamical Casimir effect, the creation of particles from vacuum by dynamical boundary conditions or dynamical background, and its backreaction to the motion of the boundary. The backreaction of particle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-17 Yu-Cun Xie

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

We compute the finite temperature Casimir energy for massive scalar field with general curvature coupling subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on the walls of a closed cylinder with arbitrary cross section, located in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-04 L. P. Teo

Casimir forces are a manifestation of the change in the zero-point energy of the vacuum caused by the insertion of boundaries. We show how the Casimir force can be efficiently computed by consideration of the vacuum fluctuations that are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-07-31 Eugene B. Kolomeisky , Joseph P. Straley

The Casimir effect for massless scalar fields satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions on the parallel plates in the presence of one fractal extra compactified dimension is analyzed. We obtain the Casimir energy density by means of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Hongbo Cheng

We present a new method to compute quantum energies in presence of a background field. The method is based on the string-inspired worldline approach to quantum field theory and its numerical realization with Monte-Carlo techniques. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Moyaerts , K. Langfeld , H. Gies

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

We calculate the Casimir energy for scalar fields in interaction with finite-width mirrors, described by nonlocal interaction terms. These terms, which include quantum effects due to the matter fields inside the mirrors, are approximated by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-02 C. D. Fosco , F. C. Lombardo , F. D. Mazzitelli

We evaluate the fermionic Casimir effect associated with a massive fermion confined within a planar (d+1) dimensional slab-bag, on which MIT bag model boundary conditions of standard type, along a single spatial direction, are imposed. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Elizalde , F. C. Santos , A. C. Tort

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