Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: We have presented an analytic theory for the Casimir force on a Bose–Einstein condensate which is confined between two parallel plates. We have considered Dirichlet boundary conditions for the condensate wavefunction as well as for the phonon field. We have shown that the condensate wavefunction (which obeys the Gross–Pitaevskii equation) is responsible for the mean field part of the Casimir force, which usually dominates over the quantum (fluctuations) part of the Casimir force.
Authors: Shyamal Biswas, J K Bhattacharjee, Dwipesh Majumder, Kush Saha, Nabajit Chakravarty
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Hong Kong Baptist University
OpenAlex ID: W2012338554