On non-equilibrium photon distributions in the Casimir effect
- The electromagnetic field in a typical geometry of the Casimir effect is described in the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism. The main result is the photon distribution function (Keldysh Green function) in any stationary state of the field. A two-plate geometry with a sliding interface in local equilibrium is studied in detail, and full agreement with the results of Rytov fluctuation electrodynamics is found.
| Author details: | Vanik E. Mkrtchian, Carsten HenkelORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201300135 |
| ISSN: | 0003-3804 |
| ISSN: | 1521-3889 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Annalen der Physik |
| Publisher: | Wiley-VCH |
| Place of publishing: | Weinheim |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2014 |
| Publication year: | 2014 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
| Tag: | Casimir effect; nonequilibrium electrodynamics of nanosystems; quantum friction; van der Waals interaction |
| Volume: | 526 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| Number of pages: | 15 |
| First page: | 87 |
| Last Page: | 101 |
| Funding institution: | European Science Foundation (ESF) within the activity "New Trends and Applications of the Casimir Effect" [2847]; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [He-2849/4-1] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
