Origin of large thermal effect in the Casimir interaction between two graphene sheets

Abstract

Using the recently derived representation for the polarization tensor in (2+1)-dimensional space-time allowing an analytic continuation to the entire plane of complex frequencies, we obtain simple analytic expressions for the reflection coefficients of graphene at nonzero Matsubara frequencies. In the framework of the Lifshitz theory, these coefficients are shown to lead to nearly exact results for the Casimir free energy and pressure between two graphene sheets. The constituent parts of large thermal effect, arising in the Casimir interaction at short separations due to an explicit parametric dependence of the polarization tensor on the temperature and an implicit dependence through a summation over the Matsubara frequencies, are calculated. It is demonstrated that an explicit thermal effect exceeds an implicit one at shorter separations, both effects are similar in magnitudes at moderate separations, and that an implicit effect becomes a larger one with further increase of separation. Possible applications of the developed formalism, other than the Casimir effect, are discussed.

arXiv comment19 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures; Phys. Rev. B, accepted for publication

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