Abstract
We develop a method for computing the Bogoliubov transformation experienced by a confined quantum scalar field in a globally hyperbolic spacetime, due to the changes in the geometry and/or the confining boundaries. The method constructs a basis of solutions to the Klein–Gordon equation associated to each compact Cauchy hypersurface of constant time. It then provides a differential equation for the linear transformation between bases at different times. The transformation can be interpreted physically as a Bogoliubov transformation when it connects two regions in which a time symmetry allows for a Fock quantisation. This second article on the method is dedicated to spacetimes with timelike boundaries that do not remain static in any synchronous gauge. The method proves especially useful in the regime of small perturbations, where it allows one to easily make quantitative predictions on the amplitude of the resonances of the field. Therefore, it provides a crucial tool in the growing research area of confined quantum fields in table-top experiments. We prove this utility by addressing two problems in the perturbative regime: Dynamical Casimir Effect and gravitational wave resonance. We reproduce many previous results on these phenomena and find novel results in an unified way. Possible extensions of the method are indicated. We expect that our method will become standard in quantum field theory for confined fields.
Highlights
We develop a method for computing the Bogoliubov transformation experienced by a confined quantum scalar field in a globally hyperbolic spacetime, due to the changes in the geometry and/or the confining boundaries
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime studies the evolution of quantum fields which propagate in a classical general relativistic background geometry
In this second article we have extended the method developed in Part I for computing the evolution of a confined quantum scalar field in a globally hyperbolic spacetime, to the cases in which the timelike boundaries of the spacetime do not remain static in any synchronous gauge
Summary
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime studies the evolution of quantum fields which propagate in a classical general relativistic background geometry. As in Part I, the method is of general applicability (with minor assumptions), but proves especially useful in the regime of small perturbations, since it provides very simple recipes for computing the resonance spectrum and sensibility of the field to a given perturbation of the background metric or the boundary conditions. The mathematical time-dependent linear transformation obtained may be given a physical interpretation beyond the one in terms of particle quantisation considered here; for example, in relation to adiabatic expansions [2,27,28] or to approaches to quantum field theory in curved spacetime based on field-related quantities [1,3,29]. 2 we state the general physical problem for which we construct the method, introducing the background metric, the field theory and the different assumptions that we consider; and define three important mathematical objects that we use. In “Appendix I” we provide for convenience a summary of the useful formulae for the application of the method.
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