The Casimir Energy for a Hyperboloid Facing a Plate in the Optical Approximation

Abstract

We study the Casimir energy of a massless scalar field that obeys Dirichlet boundary conditions on a hyperboloid facing a plate. We use the optical approximation including the first six reflections and compare the results with the predictions of the proximity force approximation and the semi-classical method. We also consider finite size effects by contrasting the infinite with a finite plate. We find sizable and qualitative differences between the new optical method and the more traditional approaches.

arXiv commentv2: 14 pages, 11 eps figures; typo in eq. (21) removed, clarification added, fig. 10 improved; version published in Phys. Rev. A

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