Quantum dissipative effects in moving imperfect mirrors: sidewise and normal motions

Details Quantum dissipative effects in moving imperfect mirrors: sidewise and normal motions Quantum dissipative effects in moving imperfect mirrors: sidewise and normal motions

2011-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/1105.2745v1

Phys.Rev.D84:025011,2011

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

13 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.025011

We extend our previous work on the functional approach to the dynamical Casimir effect, to compute dissipative effects due to the relative motion of two flat, parallel, imperfect mirrors in vacuum. The interaction between the internal degrees of freedom of the mirrors and the vacuum field is modeled with a nonlocal term in the vacuum field action. We consider two different situations: either the motion is `normal', i.e., the mirrors advance or recede changing the distance $a(t)$ between them; or it is `parallel', namely, $a$ remains constant, but there is a relative sliding motion of the mirrors' planes. For the latter, we show explicitly that there is a non-vanishing frictional force, even for a constant shifting speed.

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