An elementary quantum mechanics calculation for the Casimir effect in one dimension

1999/12/07 by A. Farkas, Farkas, A., N. Nicolaevici +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #physics.ed-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9912017

8 pages LaTeX, 1 figure

arxiv created 1999/12/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We obtain the Casimir effect for the massless scalar field in one dimension based on the analogy between the quantum field and the continuum limit of an infinite set of coupled harmonical oscillators.

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