Quantum vacuum fluctuation effects in a quasi-periodically identified conical spacetime
arXiv:2005.03815 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135612
Abstract
We consider a quasi-periodically identified conical spacetime, like the one of a cosmic string or disclination, to investigate nonzero averaged quantum vacuum fluctuations effects on the energy-momentum tensor and induced current density associated with a charged scalar field. We obtain exactly closed analytical expressions for the two-point Wightman function and the vacuum expectation value of the field squared, as well as for all components of the energy-momentum tensor. As to the induced current density, due to the quasi-periodic condition used, the only nonzero averaged component found is the azimuthal one. We also compare our results with previous ones found in literature.
12 pages, 4 figures; version to appear in Physics Letters B
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