Dirac/Weyl-node-induced oscillating Casimir effect

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.138017MaRDI QIDQ6173396zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Katsumasa Nakayama, Kei Suzuki

Publication date 21 July 2023

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.14078

zbMATH Keywords

Casimir effectDirac semimetallattice fermionWeyl semimetal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special sets (thin sets, Kronecker sets, Helson sets, Ditkin sets, Sidon sets, etc.) (43A46) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74) Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35) Special relativity (83A05)

Abstract: The Casimir effect is a quantum phenomenon induced by the zero-point energy of relativistic fields confined in a finite-size system. This effect for photon fields has been studied for a long time, while the realization of counterparts for fermion fields in Dirac/Weyl semimetals is an open question. We theoretically demonstrate the typical properties of the Casimir effect for relativistic electron fields in Dirac/Weyl semimetals and show the results from an effective Hamiltonian for realistic materials such as Cd${}_3$As${}_2$ and Na${}_3$Bi. We find an oscillation of the Casimir energy as a function of the thickness of the thin film, which stems from the existence of Dirac/Weyl nodes in momentum space. Experimentally, such an effect can be observed in thin films of semimetals, where the thickness dependence of thermodynamic quantities is affected by the Casimir energy.

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