scholarly journals Finite temperature Casimir effect for massless Majorana fermions in a magnetic field

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Erdas
2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (07) ◽  
pp. 1650018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Erdas

I investigate the finite temperature Casimir effect for a charged and massless scalar field satisfying mixed (Dirichlet–Neumann) boundary conditions on a pair of plane parallel plates of infinite size. The effect of a uniform magnetic field, perpendicular to the plates, on the Helmholtz free energy and Casimir pressure is studied. The [Formula: see text]-function regularization technique is used to obtain finite results. Simple analytic expressions are obtained for the zeta function and the free energy, in the limits of small plate distance, high temperature and strong magnetic field. The Casimir pressure is obtained in each of the three limits and the situation of a magnetic field present between and outside the plates, as well as that of a magnetic field present only between the plates is examined. It is discovered that, in the small plate distance and high temperature limits, the repulsive pressure is less when the magnetic field is present between the plates but not outside, than it is when the magnetic field is present between and outside the plates.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (17) ◽  
pp. 1450091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Erdas ◽  
Kevin P. Seltzer

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.


2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2928-2931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Yan ◽  
Shao Cheng-Gang ◽  
Luo Jun

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