How Does Casimir Energy Fall?

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dc.creatorFulling, Stephen A.
dc.creatorMilton, Kimball A.
dc.creatorParashar, Prachi
dc.creatorRomeo, August
dc.creatorShajesh, K. V.
dc.creatorWagner, Jef
dc.date2007-02-12
dc.date2007-03-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:03:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:03:13Z
dc.descriptionDoubt continues to linger over the reality of quantum vacuum energy. There is some question whether fluctuating fields gravitate at all, or do so anomalously. Here we show that for the simple case of parallel conducting plates, the associated Casimir energy gravitates just as required by the equivalence principle, and that therefore the inertial and gravitational masses of a system possessing Casimir energy $E_c$ are both $E_c/c^2$. This simple result disproves recent claims in the literature. We clarify some pitfalls in the calculation that can lead to spurious dependences on coordinate system.
dc.description5 pages, 1 figure, REVTeX. Minor revisions, including changes in references
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702091
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702091
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:025004,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.025004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188516
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleHow Does Casimir Energy Fall?
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