Efeito Casimir em teorias de Chern-Simons

Abstract

In this work we study the Casimir force for Maxwell-Chern-Simons (MCS) theories in (2+1) dimensions. In particular for the bidimensional case, we consider di erent boundary conditions and present new results concerning the in uence of the temperature in the phenomenon. We also analyse the Temperature Inversion Symmetry, considering both the massless and massive cases. We start by studying general aspects from Matsubara formalism with the goal of introduce thermal e ects in the theory; we also analyse general aspects of (2+1)-dimensional MCS theory. Then, we review the Casimir force for the in nite magnetically permeable lines at both zero and nite temperature, as well as the mixed lines at zero temperature, for which we take one line in nite magnetically permeable and the other perfect conducting. We next present new results concerning the Thermal Casimir force for the case of mixed lines. Finally, we analyse the Temperature Inversion Symmetry associated with the Helmholtz free energy, showing that even for the mixed lines boundary conditions it is still possible to de ne a residual symmetry, the result being analogous to previous results for the eletrodynamics in (3+1) dimensions.