Casimir Effect, The: Physical Manifestations Of Zero-point Energy
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Casimir Effect, The: Physical Manifestations Of Zero-point Energy

Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Casimir Effect, The: Physical Manifestations Of Zero-point Energy

Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy

About this book

In its simplest manifestation, the Casimir effect is a quantum force of attraction between two parallel uncharged conducting plates. More generally, it refers to the interaction — which may be either attractive or repulsive — between material bodies due to quantum fluctuations in whatever fields are relevant. It is a local version of the van der Waals force between molecules. Its sweep ranges from perhaps its being the origin of the cosmological constant to its being responsible for the confinement of quarks.This monograph develops the theory of such forces, based primarily on physically transparent Green's function techniques, and makes applications from quarks to the cosmos, as well as observable consequences in condensed matter systems. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, quantum field theory, and applied mathematics.

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Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2001
Print ISBN
9789810243975
9789810243975
eBook ISBN
9789812810526
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Condensed Matter

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1 Introduction to the Casimir Effect
  4. Chapter 2 Casimir Force Between Parallel Plates
  5. Chapter 3 Casimir Force Between Parallel Dielectrics
  6. Chapter 4 Casimir Effect with Perfect Spherical Boundaries
  7. Chapter 5 The Casimir Effect of a Dielectric Ball: The Equivalence of the Casimir Effect and van der Waals Forces
  8. Chapter 6 Application to Hadronic Physics: Zero-Point Energy in the Bag Model
  9. Chapter 7 Casimir Effect in Cylindrical Geometries
  10. Chapter 8 Casimir Effect in Two Dimensions: The Maxwell-Chern-Simons Casimir Effect
  11. Chapter 9 Casimir Effect on a D-dimensional Sphere
  12. Chapter 10 Cosmological Implications of the Casimir Effect
  13. Chapter 11 Local Effects
  14. Chapter 12 Sonoluminescence and the Dynamical Casimir Effect
  15. Chapter 13 Radiative Corrections to the Casimir Effect
  16. Chapter 14 Conclusions and Outlook
  17. Appendix A Relation of Contour Integral Method to Green's Function Approach
  18. Appendix B Casimir Effect for a Closed String
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index

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