Quantum vibrational mode in a cavity confining a massless spinor field

TL;DR

This paper studies a quantum cavity with a moving wall interacting with a massless spinor field, revealing how quantum oscillations can induce fermion-boson conversions and energy corrections.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum operator for wall oscillation amplitude, enabling analysis of fermion-boson interactions in a quantum cavity system.

Findings

System can convert bosons into fermion pairs at lowest order

Quantum oscillation operator affects ground state energy

Model extension to multiple cavities is possible

Abstract

We analyse the reaction of a massless (1+1)-dimensional spinor field to the harmonic motion of one cavity wall. In our model, the oscillation amplitude of the harmonic oscillator is promoted to a quantum operator, providing the system with an additional quantum degree of freedom having bosonic nature. After obtaining the interaction Hamiltonian, we estimate the correction to both the ground state and its energy. We demonstrate that the system is able to convert bosons into fermion pairs at the lowest perturbative order. Extension of our model to multiple bags is contemplated.