Casimir energy for a coupled fermion-soliton system

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2011)140zbMATH Open1306.81293arXiv1209.5237OpenAlexW3098191372MaRDI QIDQ2261069FDOQ2261069

S. S. Gousheh, Leila Shahkarami, Azadeh Mohammadi

Publication date: 6 March 2015

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we compute the Casimir energy for a coupled fermion-pseudoscalar field system. In the model considered in this paper the pseudoscalar field is extit{static} and extit{prescribed} with two adjustable parameters. These parameters determine the values of the field at infinity ($pmhet{a}_0$) and its scale of variation ($mu$). One can build up a field configuration with arbitrary topological charge by changing $het{a}_0$, and interpolate between the extreme adiabatic and non-adiabatic regimes by changing $mu$. This system is exactly solvable and therefore we compute the Casimir energy exactly and unambiguously by using an energy density subtraction scheme. We show that in general the Casimir energy goes to zero in the extreme adiabatic limit, and in the extreme non-adiabatic limit when the asymptotic values of the pseudoscalar field properly correspond to a configuration with an arbitrary topological charge. Moreover, in general the Casimir energy is always positive and on the average an increasing function of $het{a}_0$ and always has local maxima when there is a zero mode, showing that these configurations are energetically unfavorable. We also compute and display the energy densities associated with the spectral deficiencies in both of the continua, and those of the bound states. We show that the energy densities associated with the distortion of the spectrum of the states with $E>0$ and $E<0$ are mirror images of each other. We also compute and display the Casimir energy density. Finally we compute the energy of a system consisting of a soliton and a valance electron and show that the Casimir energy of the system is comparable with the binding energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5237

zbMATH Keywords

nonperturbative effectssolitons monopoles and instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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