Casimir Force Induced on a Plane by an Impenetrable Flux Tube of Finite Radius

Authors

  • V. M. Gorkavenko Faculty of Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Yu. A. Sitenko Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
  • O. B. Stepanov Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.05.0424

Keywords:

vacuum polarization, Casimir effect, magnetic vortex

Abstract

A perfectly reflecting (Dirichlet) boundary condition at the edge of an impenetrable magnetic-flux-carrying tube of nonzero transverse size is imposed on the charged massive scalar matter field which is quantized outside the tube on a plane, which is transverse to the tube. We show that the vacuum polarization effects outside the tube give rise to a macroscopic force acting at the increase of the tube radius (if the magnetic flux is held steady).

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Published

2018-10-06

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Fields and elementary particles

How to Cite

Casimir Force Induced on a Plane by an Impenetrable Flux Tube of Finite Radius. (2018). Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 58(5), 424. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.05.0424

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