New Junction Condition and Casimir effect for Network CFT

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03080v1
• Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:10:07 GMT
• Title: New Junction Condition and Casimir effect for Network CFT
• Abstract summary: A key aspect of NCFT is how we connect the CFTs in different edges at the nodes of the network.<n>We introduce a new junction condition that instead requires the normal derivative of the scalar field to be continuous at the node.<n>We analyze the Casimir effect using both the traditional and the new junction conditions in networks formed by regular polyhedra.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Recently, BCFT and ICFT have been generalized to the CFT on networks (NCFT). A key aspect of NCFT is how we connect the CFTs in different edges at the nodes of the network. For a free scalar field, one naturally requires that the scalar fields are continuous at the nodes. In this paper, we introduce a new junction condition that instead requires the normal derivative of the scalar field to be continuous at the node. We demonstrate that this new junction condition is consistent with the variational principle and energy conservation. Furthermore, we provide an exact realization of it in a real physical system. As an application, we analyze the Casimir effect using both the traditional and the new junction conditions in networks formed by regular polyhedra. Our results indicate that the new junction condition generally results in a smaller Casimir effect.

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