Maxwell-Chern-Simons Casimir effect. II. Circular boundary conditions

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.842· OSTI ID:7107020

Milton, K A ^[1]; Ng, Y J ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
2. Institute of Field Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (United States)

In odd-dimensional spaces, gauge invariance permits a Chern-Simons mass term for the gauge fields in addition to the usual Maxwell-Yang-Mills kinetic energy term. We study the Casimir effect in such a (2+1)-dimensional Abelian theory. The case of parallel conducting lines was considered by us in a previous paper. Here we discuss the Casimir effect for a circle and examine the effect of finite temperature. The Casimir stress is found to be attractive at both low and high temperatures.

• OSTI ID: 7107020
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 46:2; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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