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View SchemaDynamical Casimir effect with cylindrical waveguides
| Authors | P. A. Maia Neto |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0408012 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408012 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1464-4266/7/3/012 |
Abstract
I consider the quantum electromagnetic field in a coaxial cylindrical waveguide, such that the outer cylindrical surface has a time-dependent radius. The field propagates parallel to the axis, inside the annular region between the two cylindrical surfaces. When the mechanical frequency and the thickness of the annular region are small enough, only Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) photons may be generated by the dynamical Casimir effect. The photon emission rate is calculated in this regime, and compared with the case of parallel plates in the limit of very short distances between the two cylindrical surfaces. The proximity force approximation holds for the transition matrix elements in this limit, but the emission rate scales quadratically with the mechanical frequency, as opposed to the cubic dependence for parallel plates.
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