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arXiv:0708.3132

Casimir Forces in Trapped Dilute Bose Gas Between Two Slabs

Xiao-Lu Yu, Ran Qi, Z. B. Li, W. M. Liu

Published Aug 23, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We discuss a Casimir force due to zero-temperature quantum fluctuations in a weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) with a strong harmonic trap. The results show that the presence of a strong harmonic trap changes the power law behavior of Casimir force due to the dimensional reduction effect. At finite temperature, we calculate Casimir force due to thermal fluctuation and find an exotic temperature dependent behavior in the first order term. Finally, we speculate some possible experimental realization and detection of the force in future experiments.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0708.3132

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