Dispersion Forces Between Fields Confined to Half Spaces
Quantum Physics
2018-03-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We consider the Casimir effect for a scalar field interacting with another scalar field that is confined to two half spaces. This model is aimed to mimic the interaction of the photon field with matter in two slabs. We use Dirichlet boundary conditions on the interfaces for the fields in the half spaces and calculate their one-loop contribution to the wave equation for the other field. We perform the ultraviolet renormalization and develop a convenient formalism for the calculation of the vacuum energy in this configuration.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.08113,
title = {Dispersion Forces Between Fields Confined to Half Spaces},
author = {Michael Bordag and Irina G. Pirozhenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.08113},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 figures