Loop correction to the scalar Casimir energy density and generation of topological mass due to a helix boundary condition in a scenario with Lorentz violation

TL;DR

This paper investigates how loop corrections and Lorentz violation influence the Casimir energy density and topological mass of scalar fields under a helix boundary condition, providing analytical expressions and graphical analysis.

Contribution

It introduces analytical formulas for loop corrections to Casimir energy and mass considering Lorentz violation with helix boundary conditions in scalar fields.

Findings

Loop corrections significantly modify Casimir energy density.

Lorentz violation affects the scalar field mass and energy density.

Graphical results illustrate the impact of Lorentz violation on physical quantities.

Abstract

In this paper the effective potential approach in quantum field theory is used in order to investigate self-interaction loop correction to the Casimir energy density and generation of topological mass for both massless and massive real scalar fields. It is assumed that the scalar field obeys a helix boundary condition. In addition, it is also considered a CPT-even aether-type violation of the Lorentz symmetry. In the absence of the Lorentz violation we obtain analytical expressions for the loop correction to the Casimir energy density and to the mass of the scalar field. The same expressions are also obtained assuming the Lorentz violation in each of the spacetime directions. We also show some graphs that exhibit how the loop correction and the Lorentz violation affect the the Casimir energy density and the mass of the scalar field.