Weak and Repulsive Casimir Force in Piston Geometries

Details Weak and Repulsive Casimir Force in Piston Geometries Weak and Repulsive Casimir Force in Piston Geometries

2007-05-23

arxiv.org/abs/0705.3435v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

8 pages, 2 figures, enhanced talk presented at APS March Meeting 2007

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We study the Casimir force in piston-like geometries semiclassically. The force on the piston is finite and physical, but to leading semiclassical approximation depends strongly on the shape of the surrounding cavity. Whereas this force is attractive for pistons in a parallelepiped with flat cylinder head, for which the semiclassical approximation by periodic orbits is exact, this approximation to the force on the piston vanishes for a semi-cylindrical head and becomes repulsive for a cylinder of circular cross section with a hemispherical head. In leading semiclassical approximation the sign of the force is related to the generalized Maslov index of short periodic orbits between the piston and its casing.

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