Conformal field theory of critical Casimir interactions in 2D
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Bimonte, Giuseppe
Emig, Thorsten
Kardar, Mehran
Date Issued
October 2013
Journal
EPL (Europhysics Letters)
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Institute of Physics Publishing
Citation
Bimonte, G., T. Emig, and M. Kardar. “Conformal Field Theory of Critical Casimir Interactions in 2D.” EPL (Europhysics Letters) 104, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 21001.
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Abstract
Thermal fluctuations of a critical system induce long-ranged Casimir forces between objects that couple to the underlying field. For two-dimensional (2D) conformal field theories (CFT) we derive an exact result for the Casimir interaction between two objects of arbitrary shape, in terms of 1) the free energy of a circular ring whose radii are determined by the mutual capacitance of two conductors with the objects' shape; and 2) a purely geometric energy that is proportional to the conformal charge of the CFT, but otherwise super-universal in that it depends only on the shapes and is independent of boundary conditions and other details.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/104/21001
