The Mechanical Response of Vacuum

Details The Mechanical Response of Vacuum The Mechanical Response of Vacuum

1997-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9701005v1

Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 3421-3425

Physics

Quantum Physics

REVTEX, 4 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3421

A path integral formulation is developed for the dynamic Casimir effect. It allows us to study arbitrary deformations in space and time of the perfectly reflecting (conducting) boundaries of a cavity. The mechanical response of the intervening vacuum is calculated to linear order in the frequency-wavevector plane. For a single corrugated plate we find a correction to mass at low frequencies, and an effective shear viscosity at high frequencies; both anisotropic. For two plates there is resonant dissipation for all frequencies greater than the lowest optical mode of the cavity.

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