Published August 1, 2005
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Journal article
Electromagnetic field stress tensor between dielectric half-spaces
Creators
- 1. Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155 (United States)
Description
The stress tensor for the quantized electromagnetic field is calculated in the region between a pair of dispersive, dielectric half-spaces. This generalizes the stress tensor for the Casimir energy to the case where the boundaries have finite reflectivity. We also include the effects of finite temperature. This allows us to discuss the circumstances under which the weak energy condition and the null energy condition can be violated in the presence of finite reflectivity and finite temperature
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.033001;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0504143v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 72
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 033001-033001.6
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37025567
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASIMIR EFFECT; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; REFLECTIVITY; SPACE; STRESSES; TENSORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2005 The American Physical Society