Nonequilibrium effects in the Casimir force between two similar metallic plates kept at different temperatures
arXiv:2002.08047 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.101.032506
Abstract
We study the Casimir pressure between two similar plates of finite thickness kept at different temperatures in the case when the dielectric permittivity of the plates depends on temperature. It is suggested to consider the dielectric permittivity at two different temperatures as the permittivities of two dissimilar bodies, thus allowing to apply the theory of Casimir forces out of thermal equilibrium developed earlier in the literature. Following this approach, we show that, in addition to the equilibrium contribution to the nonequilibrium Casimir pressure, a proper nonequilibrium contribution arises for temperature-dependent dielectric permittivities. Furthermore, the equilibrium contribution in this case does not equal the mean of the equilibrium Casimir pressures at the temperatures of the plates. As an application, the total nonequilibrium Casimir pressure between two gold plates and between two titanium plates is calculated as a function of the plate thickness and their separation, using the Drude and the plasma model. For plate separations ranging from 0.5 to 2 micrometers, the relative difference between the theoretical predictions for these two models reaches 39%. The proper nonequilibrium term may be as large as 4% of the magnitude of the total nonequilibrium pressure.
18 pages, 1 table, 6 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A
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