Published June 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum radiation force on a moving mirror with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions for a vacuum, finite temperature, and a coherent state

  • 1. Faculdade de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Para, 66075-110, Belem, PA (Brazil)
  • 2. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150, 22290-180, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

Description

We consider a real massless scalar field in a two-dimensional spacetime, satisfying Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition at the instantaneous position of a moving boundary. For a relativistic law of motion, we show that Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions yield the same radiation force on a moving mirror when the initial field state is invariant under time translations. We obtain the exact formulas for the energy density of the field and the radiation force on the boundary for vacuum, thermal, coherent, and squeezed states. In the nonrelativistic limit, our results coincide with those found in the literature

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 125001-125001.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society