Casimir energy for two and three superconducting coupled cavities: Numerical calculations

Year: 2017

Authors: Rosa L., Avino S., Calloni E., Caprara S., De Laurentis M., De Rosa R., Esposito G., Grilli M.,
Majorana E., Pepe G.P., Petrarca S., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Rovelli C., Ruggi P., Saini N.L., Stornaiolo C., Tafuri F.

Autors Affiliation: Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo,
Via Cintia Edificio 6, 80126 Napoli, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia Edificio 6, 80126 Napoli, Italy; INO-CNR, Comprensorio Olivetti, Via Campi Flegrei 34-80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy;
Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy; ISC-CNR and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy; Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, piazzale Tecchio 80, 80126 Napoli, Italy; Aix Marseille Université ́CNRS, CPT, UMR 7332, 13288 Marseille, France; Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, UMR 7332, 83957 La Garde, France; European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina (Pi), Italy

Abstract: In this paper we study the behavior of the Casimir energy of a “multi-cavity” across the transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase of the constituting plates. Our analysis is carried out in the framework of the ARCHIMEDES experiment, aiming at measuring the interaction of the electromagnetic vacuum energy with a gravitational field. For this purpose it is foreseen to modulate the Casimir energy of a layered structure composing a multy-cavity coupled system by inducing a transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase. This implies a thorough study of the behavior of the cavity, in which normal metallic layers are alternated with superconducting layers, across the transition. Our study finds that, because of the coupling between the cavities, mainly mediated by the transverse magnetic modes of the radiation field, the variation of energy across the transition can be very large.

Journal/Review: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS

Volume: 132 (11)      Pages from: 478  to: 478

KeyWords: Casimir energy; point separation
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11750-y

Citations: 4
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