Generalized quantum spring

DOI10.1142/S0217732320500881zbMATH Open1435.81202arXiv2002.05851OpenAlexW3100363357WikidataQ126294470 ScholiaQ126294470MaRDI QIDQ5113723FDOQ5113723

Xin-Zhou Li, Chao-Jun Feng, Xiang-Hua Zhai

Publication date: 16 June 2020

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

Abstract: Recently, it was found that after imposing a helix boundary condition on a scalar field, the Casimir force coming from the quantum effect is linearly proportional to $r$, which is the ratio of the pitch to the circumference of the helix. This linear behavior of the Casimir force is just like that of the force obeying the Hooke's law on a spring. In this paper, inspiring by some complex structures that lives in the cells of human body like DNA, protein, collagen etc., we generalize the helix boundary condition to a more general one, in which the helix consists of a tiny helix structure, and makes up a hierarchy of helix. After imposing this kind of boundary condition on a massless and a massive scalar, we calculate the Casimir energy and force by using the so-called zeta function regularization method. We find that the Hooke's law with the generalized helix boundary condition is not exactly the same as usual one. In this case, the force is proportional to the cube of $r$ instead. So we regard it as a generalized Hooke's law, which is complied by a emph{generalized quantum spring}.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.05851

zbMATH Keywords

Casimir effectquantum spring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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