Finite temperature Casimir effect for massive scalars in a magnetic field

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DOI10.1142/S0217751X14500912zbMATH Open1294.81247arXiv1312.1432MaRDI QIDQ2877459FDOQ2877459


Authors: Andrea Erdas, Kevin P. Seltzer Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 22 August 2014

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

Abstract: The finite temperature Casimir effect for a charged, massive scalar field confined between very large, perfectly conducting parallel plates is studied using the zeta function regularization technique. The scalar field satisfies Dirichlet boundary conditions at the plates and a magnetic field perpendicular to the plates is present. Four equivalent expressions for the zeta function are obtained, which are exact to all orders in the magnetic field strength, temperature, scalar field mass, and plate distance. The zeta function is used to calculate the Helmholtz free energy of the scalar field and the Casimir pressure on the plates, in the case of high temperature, small plate distance, strong magnetic field and large scalar mass. In all cases, simple analytic expressions of the zeta function, free energy and pressure are obtained, which are very accurate and valid for practically all values of temperature, plate distance, magnetic field and mass.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.1432




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