Casimir effect for fermions on the lattice
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.08002v1
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:01:20 GMT
- Title: Casimir effect for fermions on the lattice
- Authors: Katsumasa Nakayama and Kei Suzuki
- Abstract summary: We show that the Casimir effect for the Wilson fermion is similar to that for the continuous Dirac fermion.
We also study contributions from Landau levels under magnetic fields and the Casimir effect for nonrelativistic particle fields on the lattice.
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- Abstract: The conventional Casimir effect has been studied in the continuous spacetime,
but to elucidate its counterpart in the lattice space is an important subject.
Here, we discuss various types of Casimir effects for quantum fields on the
lattice. By using a definition of the Casimir energy on the lattice, we show
that the Casimir effect for the Wilson fermion is similar to that for the
continuous Dirac fermion. We apply our definition to an effective Hamiltonian
describing Dirac semimetals, such as Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ and Na$_{3}$Bi, and find
an oscillatory behavior of the Casimir energy as a function of film thickness
of semimetals. We also study contributions from Landau levels under magnetic
fields and the Casimir effect for nonrelativistic particle fields on the
lattice.
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