Quantum field theory of the Casimir force for graphene

DOI10.1142/S0217751X16410268zbMATH Open1337.81112arXiv1604.01324MaRDI QIDQ2809437FDOQ2809437

Authors: G. L. Klimchitskaya 

Publication date: 30 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present theoretical description of the Casimir interaction in graphene systems which is based on the Lifshitz theory of dispersion forces and the formalism of the polarization tensor in (2+1)-dimensional space-time. The representation for the polarization tensor of graphene allowing the analytic continuation to the whole plane of complex frequencies is given. This representation is used to obtain simple asymptotic expressions for the reflection coefficients at all Matsubara frequencies and to investigate the origin of large thermal effect in the Casimir force for graphene. The developed theory is shown to be in a good agreement with the experimental data on measuring the gradient of the Casimir force between a Au-coated sphere and a graphene-coated substrate. The possibility to observe the thermal effect for graphene due to a minor modification of the already existing experimental setup is demonstrated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01324

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zbMATH Keywords

graphenereflection coefficientsCasimir forcepolarization tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

Cites Work

• Advances in the Casimir Effect

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