1. Dynamical Casimir effect in a designed leaky cavity
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Schaller, Gernot, Schützhold, Ralf, Plunien, Günter, and Soff, Gerhard
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PARTICLES (Nuclear physics) , *CASIMIR effect , *FIELD theory (Physics) - Abstract
The phenomenon of particle creation within a resonantly vibrating lossy cavity is investigated for the example of a massless scalar field at finite temperature. Leakage is provided by insertion of a dispersive mirror into a larger ideal cavity. Via the rotating wave approximation we demonstrate that for the case of parametric resonance the exponential growth of the number of created particles and the strong enhancement at finite temperatures are preserved in the presence of reasonable losses. The relevance for experimental tests of quantum radiation via the dynamical Casimir effect is addressed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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