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A mathematical analysis of Casimir interactions I: The scalar field

Mathematical Physics 2022-04-27 v4 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

Starting from the construction of the free quantum scalar field of mass m0m\geq 0 we give mathematically precise and rigorous versions of three different approaches to computing the Casimir forces between compact obstacles. We then prove that they are equivalent.

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@article{arxiv.2104.09763,
  title  = {A mathematical analysis of Casimir interactions I: The scalar field},
  author = {Yan-Long Fang and Alexander Strohmaier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09763},
  year   = {2022}
}

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41 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, more details added, typos corrected, references added