• 文献标题:   Casimir interaction between a perfect conductor and graphene described by the Dirac model
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BORDAG M, FIALKOVSKY IV, GITMAN DM, VASSILEVICH DV
  • 作者关键词:   dirac equation, electromagnetic field, fermion system, graphene, quantum field theory, quasiparticle
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Leipzig
  • 被引频次:   123
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.80.245406
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We adopt the Dirac model for graphene and calculate the Casimir interaction energy between a plane suspended graphene sample and a parallel plane perfect conductor. This is done in two ways. First, we use the quantum-field-theory approach and evaluate the leading-order diagram in a theory with 2+1-dimensional fermions interacting with 3+1-dimensional photons. Next, we consider an effective theory for the electromagnetic field with matching conditions induced by quantum quasiparticles in graphene. The first approach turns out to be the leading order in the coupling constant of the second one. The Casimir interaction for this system appears to be rather weak. It exhibits a strong dependence on the mass of the quasiparticles in graphene.