Casimir force on a light front
Abstract
Depending on the point of view, the Casimir force arises from variation in the energy of the quantum vacuum as boundary conditions are altered or as an interaction between atoms in the materials that form these boundary conditions. Standard analyses of such configurations are usually done in terms of ordinary, equal-time (Minkowski) coordinates. However, physics is independent of the coordinate choice, and an analysis based on light-front coordinates, where plays the role of time, is equally valid. After a brief historical introduction, we illustrate and compare equal-time and light-front calculations of the Casimir force.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth, MN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1850190
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1776395
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-98ER41087
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0146-6410
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; Casimir force; Light-front quantization; Quantum vacuum
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Chabysheva, S. S., and Hiller, J. R. Casimir force on a light front. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2020.103836.
Chabysheva, S. S., & Hiller, J. R. Casimir force on a light front. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2020.103836
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abstractNote = {Depending on the point of view, the Casimir force arises from variation in the energy of the quantum vacuum as boundary conditions are altered or as an interaction between atoms in the materials that form these boundary conditions. Standard analyses of such configurations are usually done in terms of ordinary, equal-time (Minkowski) coordinates. However, physics is independent of the coordinate choice, and an analysis based on light-front coordinates, where x+≡t+z/c plays the role of time, is equally valid. After a brief historical introduction, we illustrate and compare equal-time and light-front calculations of the Casimir force.},
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journal = {Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics},
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year = {Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2020},
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