Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2008-10-16
Phys.Rev.D78:107701,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
5 pages in double-column format, Revtex4. The final version is shorter, and the presentation has been improved
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.107701
We consider a Casimir apparatus consisting of two perfectly conducting parallel plates, subject to the weak gravitational field of the Earth. The aim of this paper is the calculation of the energy-momentum tensor of this system for a free, real massless scalar field satisfying Neumann boundary conditions on the plates. The small gravity acceleration (here considered as not varying between the two plates) allows us to perform all calculations to first order in this parameter. Some interesting results are found: a correction, depending on the gravity acceleration, to the well-known Casimir energy and pressure on the plates. Moreover, this scheme predicts a tiny force in the upwards direction acting on the apparatus. These results are supported by two consistency checks: the covariant conservation of the energy-momentum tensor and the vanishing of its regularized trace, when the scalar field is conformally coupled to gravity.
Esposito Giampiero
Napolitano George M.
Rosa Luigi
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