Speaker
Mr
Ankit Aggarwal
(Universite Libre de Bruxelles, University of Amsterdam)
Description
A first order phase transition for photons and gravitons in a Casimir box is studied analytically from first principles with a detailed understanding of symmetry breaking due to boundary conditions. It is closely related to Bose-Einstein condensation and accompanied by a quantum phase transition whose control parameter is the chemical potential for optical helicity.
Primary authors
Mr
Ankit Aggarwal
(Universite Libre de Bruxelles, University of Amsterdam)
Glenn Barnich
(Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
