Inertial forces and dissipation on accelerated boundaries

C. D. FOSCO, F. C. LOMBARDO, AND F. D. MAZZITELLI

PHYSICAL REVIEW D - PARTICLE AND FILDS

American Physical Society

Lugar: New York; Año: 2010 vol. 82 p. 1250391 - 1250397

0556-2821

We study dissipative effects due to inertial forces acting on matter fields confined to acceleratedboundaries in 1 þ 1, 2 þ 1, and 3 þ 1 dimensions. These matter fields describe the internal degrees offreedom of ‘‘mirrors’’ and impose, on the surfaces where they are defined, boundary conditions on afluctuating ‘‘vacuum’’ field. We construct different models, involving either scalar or Dirac matter fieldscoupled to a vacuum scalar field, and use effective action techniques to calculate the strength ofdissipation. In the case of massless Dirac fields, the results could be used to describe the inertial forceson an accelerated graphene sheet.