有限温度下的Casimir效应

利用路径积分量子化方法,计算出两个平行的、理想的金属板之间,在有限温度下自由的量子电磁场和内部费米子单圈图对Casimir力的贡献.     

Gravitational Casimir Effect at Finite Temperature

The energy-momentum tensor for the gravitoelectromagnetism-(GEM) theory in the real-time finite temperature field theory formalism is presented. Expressions for the Casimir energy and pressure at zero and finite temperature are obtained. An analysis of the Casimir effect for the GEM field is developed.     

Finite Temperature Casimir Effect for Corrugated Plates

Using the path-integral method, the corrections to the Casimir energy due to the combined effect of surface roughness and the finite temperature are calculated. For the specific case of two sinusoidally corrugated plates, the lateral Casimir force at finite temperature is obtained. The amplitude of the lateral Casimir force has a maximum at an optimal wavelength of λ≈ 2H with the mean plate distance H. This optimal parameter relation is almost independent of temperature.     

The Casimir Effect at Finite Temperature in a Six-Dimensional Vortex Scenario

The Casimir effect for parallel plates satisfying the Dirichlet boundary condition in the context of effective QED coming from a six-dimensional Nielsen-Olesen vortex solution of the Abelian Higgs model with fermions coupled to gravity is studied at finite temperature. We find that the sign of the Casimir energy remains negative under the thermal influence. It is also shown that the Casimir force between plates will be weaker in the higher-temperature surroundings while keeps attractive. This Casimir effect involving the thermal influence is still inconsistent with the known experiments. We find that the thermal correction can not compensate or even reduce the modification from this kind of vortex model to make the Casimir force to be in less conflict with the measurements.     

Casimir Effect at Finite Temperature in the Presence of Compactified Universal Extra Dimensions

We analyse the Casimir effect for parallel plates at finite temperature in the presence of compactified universal extra dimensions and analytically show the thermal corrections to the effect in detail. The Casimir effect for different sizes of universal extra dimensions is investigated to test the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory.     

Casimir Effect at Finite Temperature in the Presence of One Fractal Extra Compactified Dimension

We discuss the Casimir effect for massless scalar fields subject to the Dirichlet boundary conditions on the parallel plates at finite temperature in the presence of one fractal extra compactified dimension. We obtain the Casimir energy density with the help of the regularization of multiple zeta function with one arbitrary exponent and further the renormalized Casimir energy density involving the thermal corrections. It is found that when the temperature is sufficiently high, the sign of the Casimir energy remains negative no matter how great the scale dimension δ is within its allowed region. We derive and calculate the Casimir force between the parallel plates affected by the fractal additional compactified dimension and surrounding temperature. The stronger thermal influence leads the force to be stronger. The nature of the Casimir force keeps attractive.     

Casimir Effect at Finite Temperature in the Presence of One Fractal Extra Compactified Dimension

We discuss the Casimir effect for massless scalar fields subject to the Dirichlet boundary conditions on the parallel plates at finite temperature in the presence of one fractal extra compactified dimension. We obtain the Casimir energy density with the help of the regularization of multiple zeta function with one arbitrary exponent and further the renormalized Casimir energy density involving the thermal corrections. It is found that when the temperature is sufficiently high, the sign of the Casimir energy remains negative no matter how great the scale dimension δ is within its allowed region. We derive and calculate the Casimir force between the parallel plates affected by the fractal additional compactified dimension and surrounding temperature. The stronger thermal influence leads the force to be stronger. The nature of the Casimir force keeps attractive.     

Cosmological Particle Creation and Dynamical Casimir Effect

We compute particle creation for a real massive scalar field conformally coupled to a spatially closed Robertson–Walker space-time background, with time-dependent scale factor. This is a dynamical Casimir effect with moving boundaries.     

Casimir Force at a Finite Cut-Off

We calculate the Casimir force at a finite cut-off Λ by summing the forces induced by the all fluctuation modes. We show that the Casimir force is independent of the cut-off function in the limit LΛ → ∞. There is a correction in the order of (LΛ)^-2, when LΛ is finite and large. This correction becomes remarkable when L is comparable with the microscopic length scale Λ^-1. It has been demonstrated that the Casimir force at a finite cut-off should be defined by summing forces of all fluctuation modes, instead of the derivative of Casimir energy with respect to L where an additional derivative of the cut-off function has been introduced.     

Casimir Force at a Finite Cut-Off

We calculate the Casimir force at a finite cut-off A by summing the forces induced by the all fluctuation modes. We show that the Casimir force is independent of the cut-off function in the limit L∧ → ∞. There is a correction in the order of （L∧）^-2, when L∧ is finite and large. This correction becomes remarkable when L is comparable with the microscopic length scale ∧^-1. It has been demonstrated that the Casimir force at a finite cut-off should be defined by summing forces of all fluctuation modes, instead of the derivative of Casimir energy with respect to L where an additional derivative of the cut-off function has been introduced.     

Coulomb Screening and Plasmon Excitation in Graphene at Finite Temperature

By using the random phase approximation (RPA) in many-body perturbation theory, we calculate the polarization function of the electron gas in graphene at finite temperature. Based on this, we calculate the temperature dependent dielectric function ε(q). The thermal effect on ε(q) in various q regions is discussed. The temperature dependence is found to be quadratic. We also investigate the plasmon dispersion relation at finite temperature, with the zero-temperature relation as a special case. The result is in good agreement with recent experimental data.     

Casimir Effect on a Finite Lattice

Lattice quantum field theory is a well established branch of modern quantum field theory (QFT). However, it has only peripherally been used for the investigation of Casimir systems — i.e. for systems in which quantum fields are distorted by their interaction with classical background objects. This article presents a Hamiltonian lattice formulation of static Casimir systems at a level of generality appropriate for an introductory investigation. Background structure — represented by a lattice potential V(x) — is introduced along one spatial direction with translation invariance in all other spatial directions. It is simple to extend this formulation to include arbitrary background structure in more than one spatial direction. Following some general analysis two specific finite 1D lattice QFT systems are analyzed in detail. The first has three Dirichlet boundaries at the lattice sites x = 0, l and L (L > l > 0) with vanishing lattice potential V(x) everywhere in between. The vacuum energy and vacuum stress tensor T^μν for this system are calculated in 0 < x < L. Very careful attention must be and is given to renormalization in the (continuum) limit of vanishing lattice constant. Globally and locally this lattice system is seen to closely mimic the corresponding 1D continuum system — as one would hope. Then we introduce a lattice potential V(x) = c/(x — x₀)² centered at x = x₀ < 0 to the left of the boundary at x = 0 and extending through this boundary and the middle Dirichlet boundary at x = l out to the right‐hand boundary x = L > l and beyond. The vacuum energy and T^μν are calculated for this far more complicated system in the region 0 〈 x < L, again with very good results. The internal consistency of the lattice version of this system is carefully examined. Our conclusion is that finite‐lattice formulation provides a powerful and effective tool, capable of solving completely many Casimir systems which could not possibly be handled using continuum methods. This is precisely our reason for introducing it. Future investigations (in one and more dimensions and in dynamical as well as static contexts) will display more fully the power of this method.     

Temperature Tuning of Casimir Effect

We theoretically investigate the additional correction to the Casimir effect due to the change of dielectric constant with temperature, which is different from the previous research that have widely taken dielectric constants of materials as a value independent of temperature. It is found that such a correction can go beyond 20% for some cases and it should not be ignored. Due to the prominent correction, it is possible to tune the Casimir force by such an effect.     

Dynamical Symmetry Breaking for Weinberg-Salam Model and Restoration at Finite Temperature

In this paper, we utilize Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) mechanism to discuss the dynamical symmetry breaking for Weinberg-Salam model. In the NJL mechanism the symmetry breaking not only is determined by the potential ofscalar field V(φ) but also has important relation with condensate of the fermion pair (φφ). We find that the coefficient of quadric term of scalar field μ² ≥ 0 can still cause symmetry breaking by virtue of (φφ) ≠ 0, and the vacuum expected value of scalar field obeys (φ) = (φφ), i.e., the order parameter which causes phase transition is the condensate of fermion pair (φφ). We also discuss the restoration problem of SU(2) × U(1) gauge symmetry breaking by the NJL mechanism at high temperatures.     

The Dynamical Behaviors of the Two-Atom and the Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Non-Stationary Cavity

We study the dynamical Casimir effect and the dynamical behaviors of the two-atom in a non-stationary cavity containing two two-level atoms. By solving the problem in a matrix method, we obtain an analytic solution. The results show that the larger of the atom-field coupling coefficients and the coupling coefficient of atoms, the fewer photons generated, but the probability of double excitation of the two-atom increases with the coupling coefficients. The squeezed coefficient enhances the generation rate of the created photons and the possibility of the atoms in the excited states.

     

Letter: Trace Anomaly and Backreaction of the Dynamical Casimir Effect

The Casimir energy for massless scalar field which satisfies periodic boundary conditions in two-dimensional domain wall background is calculated by making use of general properties of renormalized stress-tensor. The line element of domain wall is time dependent, the trace anomaly which is the nonvanishing T for a conformally invariant field after renormalization, represent the back reaction of the dynamical Casimir effect.     

Dynamical Casimir Effect for Scalar Fields I (Particle Creation)

The dynamical Casimir effect for neutral scalar massive field in a cavity with perfect reflecting boundaries is revisited from a mathematical point of view. We consider some 1+1 and 3+1 dimensional examples in which the boundary oscillates. For short times, the average number of produced particles is calculated using the second order perturbation theory, and for large times, the method to calculate the number of created particles is the rotating wave approximation. PACS Subject Classifications. 42.50.Lc,03.70.+k,11.10.Ef