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A new method based on the Monte-Carlo calculation on the lattice is proposed to study the Casimir effect in the noncompact lattice QED. We have studied the standard Casimir problem with two parallel plane surfaces (mirrors) and oblique…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2010-05-25 Oleg Pavlovsky , Maxim Ulybyshev

A global approach with cut-off exponential functions previously proposed is used to obtain the Casimir energy of a massless scalar field in the presence of a spherical shell. The proposed method makes the use of two regulators, one of them…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-22 M. S. R. Miltão , Franz A. Farias

We compute the Casimir Energy of a spherical region using a Surface Impedance approach. We characterize the Surface Impedance of the boundary using plasma model. Exact analytical formulae are obtained by means of the zeta function…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-11-20 Luigi Rosa

We calculate the Casimir energy for the configuration of two parallel plates coupled to nonabelian gauge fields with a Yang-Mills action. We consider both 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions in the manifestly gauge-invariant formalism we have pursued…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-14 Dimitra Karabali , Antonina Maj , V. P. Nair

We obtain new expressions for the Casimir energy between plates that are mimicked by the most general possible boundary conditions allowed by the principles of quantum field theory. This result enables to provide the quantum vacuum energy…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 J. M. Muñoz-Castañeda , M. Bordag , L. Santamaría-Sanz

We reconsider four-dimensional scalar field theory in presence of Robin boundary conditions on two parallel plates. These boundary conditions are directly imposed in the path integral definition of the theory via auxiliary fields living on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-12 David Dudal , Aaron Gobeyn , Bruno W. Mintz , Thomas Oosthuyse , Sebbe Stouten

We calculate the exact Casimir interaction energy between two perfectly conducting, very long, eccentric cylindrical shells using a mode summation technique. Several limiting cases of the exact formula for the Casimir energy corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 F. D. Mazzitelli , D. A. R. Dalvit , F. C. Lombardo

We review and assess a part of the recent work on Casimir apparatuses in the weak gravitational field of the Earth. For a free, real massless scalar field subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on the parallel plates, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-10-19 Giuseppe Bimonte , Enrico Calloni , Giampiero Esposito , George M. Napolitano , Luigi Rosa

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 consider a Casimir apparatus consisting of two perfectly conducting parallel plates, subject to the weak gravitational field of the Earth. The aim of this paper is the calculation of the energy-momentum tensor of this system for a free,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 George M. Napolitano , Giampiero Esposito , Luigi Rosa

We show through Schwinger's approach that in a static weak gravitational background, the Casimir Energy for a real massless scalar field obeying Dirichlet boundary conditions on rectangular plates is unaltered from it's flat space-time…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 A. P. C. M Lima , G. Alencar , R. R. Landim

In this paper, we calculate the next to the leading order Casimir energy for real massive and massless scalar fields within $\lambda\phi^{4}$ theory, confined between two parallel plates with the Dirichlet boundary condition in two spatial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 S. S. Gousheh , R. Moazzemi , M. A. Valuyan

The vacuum fluctuations give rise to a number of phenomena; however, the the Casimir Effect is arguably the most salient manifestation of the quantum vacuum. In its most basic form it is realized through the interaction of a pair of neutral…

General Physics · Physics 2011-08-31 Richard Obousy

The applicability of the Lifshitz formula is discussed to the case of two thick parallel plates made of real metal. The usual description of the zero-point vacuum oscillations on the background of the frequency-dependent dielectric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Mostepanenko , A. O. Caride , G. L. Klimchitskaya , S. I. Zanette

Within the framework of the (3+1)-dimensional Lorentz-violating extended electrodynamics including the CPT-odd Chern-Simons term, we consider the electromagnetic field between the two parallel perfectly conducting plates. We find the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 O. G. Kharlanov , V. Ch. Zhukovsky

Vacuum expectation values of the energy-momentum tensor and the Casimir forces are evaluated for scalar and electromagnetic fields in the geometry of two curved boundaries on background of the Robertson-Walker spacetime with negative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-12 A. A. Saharian , M. R. Setare

We compute Casimir forces in open geometries with edges, involving parallel as well as perpendicular semi-infinite plates. We focus on Casimir configurations which are governed by a unique dimensional scaling law with a universal…

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

We analyze the Axion Electrodynamics in a two-dimensional slab of finite width $L$ containing a homogeneous and isotropic dielectric medium with constant permittivity and permeability. We start from the known decomposition of modes in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Iver Brevik , Masud Chaichian , Amedeo M. Favitta

We compute the first radiative correction to the Casimir energy of a massive scalar field with a quartic self-interaction in the presence of two parallel plates. Three kinds of boundary conditions are considered: Dirichlet-Dirichlet,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 F. A. Barone , R. M. Cavalcanti , C. Farina

In this study, the Casimir energy for massive scalar field with periodic boundary condition was calculated on spherical surfaces with $S^1$, $S^2$ and $S^3$ topologies. To obtain the Casimir energy on spherical surface, the contribution of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-16 M. A. Valuyan