Essentials of the Casimir effect and its computation

1991/08/01 by E. Elizalde, A. Romeo, August Romeo · 98 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Algorithm #Artificial intelligence #Casimir effect #Classical mechanics #Computation #Computer science #Mathematical analysis #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #Regularization (linguistics) #Riemann zeta function #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Zeta function regularization

paper · doi:10.1119/1.16749

published in American Journal of Physics 59(8), 711-719 (American Institute of Physics)

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Abstract

A historical introduction to the issues raised by the Casimir effect is provided, putting special emphasis on the experiments which attempt to test this and related phenomena. The classical and modern quantum interpretations are explained, and an account of the existing calculation methods is given. The discussion is illustrated with an example of the zeta-function regularization procedure.

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