Geometry-temperature interplay in the Casimir effect

DOI10.1142/S0217751X10049554zbMATH Open1193.81100arXiv0912.0125MaRDI QIDQ3583145FDOQ3583145

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Publication date: 26 August 2010

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

Abstract: We discuss Casimir phenomena which are dominated by long-range fluctuations. A prime example is given by "geothermal" Casimir phenomena where thermal fluctuations in open Casimir geometries can induce significantly enhanced thermal corrections. We illustrate the underlying mechanism with the aid of the inclined-plates configuration, giving rise to enhanced power-law temperature dependences compared to the parallel-plates case. In limiting cases, we find numerical evidence even for fractional power laws induced by long-range fluctuations. We demonstrate that thermal energy densities for open geometries are typically distributed over length scales of 1/T. As an important consequence, approximation methods for thermal corrections based on local energy-density estimates such as the proximity-force approximation are expected to become unreliable even at small surface separations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0125

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zbMATH Keywords

Casimir effectfinite-temperature field theoryworldline approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

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