Effective binding potential from Casimir interactions: the case of the Bose gas

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ACDED3MaRDI QIDQ6116372zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcin Pruszczyk, P. Jakubczyk

Publication date 18 July 2023

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06035

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic dispersion relationBose Einstein condensationCasimir effectfluctuation phenomenaideal Bose gasquantum gases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of gases (82D05)

Abstract: We consider the thermal Casimir effect in ideal Bose gases, where the dispersion relation involves both terms quadratic and quartic in momentum. We demonstrate that if macroscopic objects are immersed in such a fluid in spatial dimensionality $din3,7,11,dots$ and at the critical temperature $T_c$, the Casimir force acting between them is characterized by a sign which depends on the separation $D$ between the bodies and changes from attractive at large distances to repulsive at smaller separations. In consequence, an effective potential which binds the two objects at a finite separation arises. We demonstrate that for odd integer dimensionality $din3,5,7,dots$, the Casimir energy is a polynomial of degree $(d-1)$ in $D^{-2}$. We point out a very special role of dimensionality $d=3$, where we derive a strikingly simple form of the Casimir energy as a function of $D$ at Bose-Einstein condensation. We discuss crossover between monotonous and oscillatory decay of the Casimir interaction above the condensation temperature.

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