Published June 15, 2008
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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
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.125001;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0803.2638v1;
Publishing Information
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40075725
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION OPERATORS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIRICHLET PROBLEM; EIGENSTATES; ENERGY DENSITY; EXCITED STATES; MIRRORS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society