On the calculation of the Casimir forces

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dc.creatorKolomeisky, Eugene B.
dc.creatorStraley, Joseph P.
dc.date2007-12-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:48:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:48:52Z
dc.descriptionCasimir forces are a manifestation of the change in the zero-point energy of the vacuum caused by the insertion of boundaries. We show how the Casimir force can be computed by consideration of the vacuum fluctuations that are suppressed by the boundaries, and rederive the scalar Casimir effects for a series of geometries. For the planar case a finite universal force is automatically found. For curved geometries formally divergent expressions are encountered which we argue are largely due to the divergent self-energy of the boundary contributing to the force. This idea is supported by computing the effect for a fixed perimeter wedge-arc geometry in two dimensions.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1974
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1974
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/144096
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleOn the calculation of the Casimir forces
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