We consider the N -components 3-dimensional massive Gross-Neveu model compactified in one spatial direction, the system being constrained to a slab of thickness L. We derive a closed formula for the renormalized L-dependent four-point function at vanishing external momenta in the large-N limit (the effective coupling constant), using bag-model boundary conditions. For values of the fixed coupling constant in absence of boundaries λ ≥ λc ≃ 19.16, we obtain small-distance asymptotic freedom (for L → 0) and a singularity for a length L (c) such that 2.07 m −1 < L (c) < ∼ 2.82 m −1 , m being the fermionic mass. Taking for m an average of the masses of the quarks composing the proton, we obtain a "confining" length L (c) p which is comparable with an estimated proton diameter.
The Bogoliubov transformation in thermofield dynamics, an operator formalism for the finite-temperature quantum field theory, is generalized to describe a field in arbitrary confined regions of space and time. Starting with the scalar field, the approach is extended to the electromagnetic field and the energy-momentum tensor is written via the Bogoliubov transformation. In this context, the Casimir effect is calculated for zero and nonzero temperature, and therefore it can be considered as a vacuum condensation effect of the electromagnetic field. This aspect opens an interesting perspective for using this procedure as an effective scheme for calculations in the studies of confined fields, including interacting fields.
A generalization of the Bogoliubov transformation is developed to describe a space compactified fermionic field. The method is the fermionic counterpart of the formalism introduced earlier for bosons (J. C. da Silva, A. Matos Neto, F.C. Khanna and A.E. Santana, Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 052101), and is based on the thermofield dynamics approach. We analyze the energy-momentum tensor for the Casimir effect of a free massless fermion field in a d-dimensional box at finite temperature. As a particular case the Casimir energy and pressure for the field confined in a 3-dimensional parallelepiped box are calculated. It is found that the attractive or repulsive nature of the Casimir pressure on opposite faces changes depending on the relative magnitude of the edges. We also determine the temperature at which the Casimir pressure in a cubic box changes sign and estimate its value when the edge of the cube is of the order of the confining lengths for baryons.
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