Multilayered Aspects of Casimir Energy
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| author | Mukaida, Kyohei Iizuka, Hideo Nakayama, Kazunori |
| author_facet | Mukaida, Kyohei Iizuka, Hideo Nakayama, Kazunori |
| contents | We give a robust formulation to calculate the Casimir energy and Casimir force for plane-parallel multilayer setups with general dielectric constants. We derive recursion relations for multilayer reflection and transmission coefficients in the most general setups, which are essential ingredients for evaluating the Casimir energy. With the use of complex analysis techniques involving the argument principle, we carefully treat and subtract UV divergences and make clear the relation between the subtraction procedure and an actual physical setup. We also clarify the physical operational meaning of pole subtraction, which is required to utilize the argument principle in the calculation of the Casimir energy. Our formula is applicable to more general situations including chiral medium or Weyl semimetals. |
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| spellingShingle | Multilayered Aspects of Casimir Energy Mukaida, Kyohei Iizuka, Hideo Nakayama, Kazunori Quantum Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Theory We give a robust formulation to calculate the Casimir energy and Casimir force for plane-parallel multilayer setups with general dielectric constants. We derive recursion relations for multilayer reflection and transmission coefficients in the most general setups, which are essential ingredients for evaluating the Casimir energy. With the use of complex analysis techniques involving the argument principle, we carefully treat and subtract UV divergences and make clear the relation between the subtraction procedure and an actual physical setup. We also clarify the physical operational meaning of pole subtraction, which is required to utilize the argument principle in the calculation of the Casimir energy. Our formula is applicable to more general situations including chiral medium or Weyl semimetals. |
| title | Multilayered Aspects of Casimir Energy |
| topic | Quantum Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03853 |