Butera, S. (2023) Noise and dissipation on a moving mirror induced by the dynamical Casimir emission. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 5(4), 045003. (doi: 10.1088/2515-7647/acff56)
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Abstract
We adopt an open quantum system approach to study the effects of the back-reaction from a quantum field onto the dynamics of a moving mirror. We describe the coupling between the mirror and the field by using a microscopic model from which the dielectric response of the mirror is obtained from first principles. Using second-order perturbation theory, we derive the master equation governing the mechanical motion of the mirror. Our analysis reveals that the mirror experiences coloured noise and non-local dissipation, which originate from the emission of particle pairs via the dynamical Casimir effect. We show that the noise and dissipation kernels, that enter in the definition of the time-dependent coefficients of the master equation, are related by standard fluctuation-dissipation relations.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This research was supported by the Leverhulme Trust Grant No. ECF-2019-461, and by University of Glasgow via the Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith (LKAS) Leadership Fellowship. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Butera, Dr Salvatore |
| Authors: | Butera, S. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Physics: Photonics |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 2515-7647 |
| ISSN (Online): | Journal of Physics: Photonics |
| Published Online: | 12 October 2023 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2023 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Physics: Photonics 5(4):045003 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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