Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates

Autores
Fosco, Cesar Daniel; Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
We study the Casimir energy due to a quantum real scalar field coupled to two planar, infinite, zerowidth, parallel mirrors with nonhomogeneous properties. These properties are represented, in the model we use, by scalar functions defined on each mirror’s plane. Using the Gelfand-Yaglom’s theorem, we construct a Lifshitz-like formula for the Casimir energy of such a system. Then we use it to evaluate the energy perturbatively, for the case of almost constant scalar functions, and also implementing a derivative expansion, under the assumption that the spatial dependence of the properties is sufficiently smooth. We point out that, in some particular cases, the Casimir interaction energy for nonplanar perfect mirrors can be reproduced by inhomogeneities on planar mirrors.
Fil: Fosco, Cesar Daniel. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
Fil: Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
Materia
CASIMIR
INHOMOGENEOUS
MIRROR
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spelling Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin platesFosco, Cesar DanielMazzitelli, Francisco DiegoCASIMIRINHOMOGENEOUSMIRRORhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We study the Casimir energy due to a quantum real scalar field coupled to two planar, infinite, zerowidth, parallel mirrors with nonhomogeneous properties. These properties are represented, in the model we use, by scalar functions defined on each mirror’s plane. Using the Gelfand-Yaglom’s theorem, we construct a Lifshitz-like formula for the Casimir energy of such a system. Then we use it to evaluate the energy perturbatively, for the case of almost constant scalar functions, and also implementing a derivative expansion, under the assumption that the spatial dependence of the properties is sufficiently smooth. We point out that, in some particular cases, the Casimir interaction energy for nonplanar perfect mirrors can be reproduced by inhomogeneities on planar mirrors.Fil: Fosco, Cesar Daniel. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; ArgentinaFil: Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; ArgentinaAmerican Physical Society2020-02-18info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/126874Fosco, Cesar Daniel; Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego; Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates; American Physical Society; Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology; 101; 4; 18-2-2020; 1-82470-00102470-0029CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.045012info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.045012info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.12651info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:11:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/126874instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:11:33.868CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
title Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
spellingShingle Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
Fosco, Cesar Daniel
CASIMIR
INHOMOGENEOUS
MIRROR
title_short Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
title_full Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
title_fullStr Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
title_full_unstemmed Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
title_sort Casimir energy due to inhomogeneous thin plates
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fosco, Cesar Daniel
Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego
author Fosco, Cesar Daniel
author_facet Fosco, Cesar Daniel
Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego
author_role author
author2 Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CASIMIR
INHOMOGENEOUS
MIRROR
topic CASIMIR
INHOMOGENEOUS
MIRROR
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study the Casimir energy due to a quantum real scalar field coupled to two planar, infinite, zerowidth, parallel mirrors with nonhomogeneous properties. These properties are represented, in the model we use, by scalar functions defined on each mirror’s plane. Using the Gelfand-Yaglom’s theorem, we construct a Lifshitz-like formula for the Casimir energy of such a system. Then we use it to evaluate the energy perturbatively, for the case of almost constant scalar functions, and also implementing a derivative expansion, under the assumption that the spatial dependence of the properties is sufficiently smooth. We point out that, in some particular cases, the Casimir interaction energy for nonplanar perfect mirrors can be reproduced by inhomogeneities on planar mirrors.
Fil: Fosco, Cesar Daniel. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
Fil: Mazzitelli, Francisco Diego. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche); Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina
description We study the Casimir energy due to a quantum real scalar field coupled to two planar, infinite, zerowidth, parallel mirrors with nonhomogeneous properties. These properties are represented, in the model we use, by scalar functions defined on each mirror’s plane. Using the Gelfand-Yaglom’s theorem, we construct a Lifshitz-like formula for the Casimir energy of such a system. Then we use it to evaluate the energy perturbatively, for the case of almost constant scalar functions, and also implementing a derivative expansion, under the assumption that the spatial dependence of the properties is sufficiently smooth. We point out that, in some particular cases, the Casimir interaction energy for nonplanar perfect mirrors can be reproduced by inhomogeneities on planar mirrors.
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