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包含零模相互作用场论的热力学Casimir效应

Thermodynamic Casimir effects involving interacting field theories with zero modes

Daniel Grüneberg, H. W. Diehl

摘要:

系统与O(n)对称哈密顿被认为是在$d$ -维平板几何的宏观横向扩展和有限厚度$L$进行连续体相变的限制$L\to\infty$。本文用场论重整化群方法研究了周期性边界条件和特殊-特殊边界条件下,体临界温度$T_{c,\infty}$(热力学Casimir效应)及以上的热涨落所引起的有效力,其中特殊-特殊边界条件对应于两个边界平面上表面相互作用的临界增强.如前所述[ \textit{Europhys. Lett.} \textbf{75},241(2006)],在$T_{c,\infty}$的朗道理论中存在的零模使得传统的RG改进的扰动理论在$4-ε$维度中不明确。修正后的展开式被用来计算温度下的过量自由能和Casimir力的标度函数$T\geqT_{c,\infty}$作为$\mathsf{L}\equiv L/ξ_\infty$的函数,其中$ξ_\infty$是体相关长度。标度函数的$L$依赖的剩余自由能单位面积的$\mathsf{L}\to0$极限是符合以前的结果的Casimir振幅$Δ_C$ $O(ε^{3/2})$和显示一个更合理的小$\mathsf{L}$的行为,因为他们接近的临界值$Δ_C$单调为$\mathsf{L}\to 0$。

英文摘要:

Systems with an O(n) symmetrical Hamiltonian are considered in a $d$-dimensional slab geometry of macroscopic lateral extension and finite thickness $L$ that undergo a continuous bulk phase transition in the limit $L\to\infty$. The effective forces induced by thermal fluctuations at and above the bulk critical temperature $T_{c,\infty}$ (thermodynamic Casimir effect) are investigated below the upper critical dimension $d^*=4$ by means of field-theoretic renormalization group methods for the case of periodic and special-special boundary conditions, where the latter correspond to the critical enhancement of the surface interactions on both boundary planes. As shown previously [\textit{Europhys. Lett.} \textbf{75}, 241 (2006)], the zero modes that are present in Landau theory at $T_{c,\infty}$ make conventional RG-improved perturbation theory in $4-ε$ dimensions ill-defined. The revised expansion introduced there is utilized to compute the scaling functions of the excess free energy and the Casimir force for temperatures $T\geqT_{c,\infty}$ as functions of $\mathsf{L}\equiv L/ξ_\infty$, where $ξ_\infty$ is the bulk correlation length. Scaling functions of the $L$-dependent residual free energy per area are obtained whose $\mathsf{L}\to0$ limits are in conformity with previous results for the Casimir amplitudes $Δ_C$ to $O(ε^{3/2})$ and display a more reasonable small-$\mathsf{L}$ behavior inasmuch as they approach the critical value $Δ_C$ monotonically as $\mathsf{L}\to 0$.

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