Casimir energy for a scalar field with a frequency dependent boundary condition
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-08-15 v2
Abstract
We consider the vacuum energy for a scalar field subject to a frequency dependent boundary condition. The effect of a frequency cut-off is described in terms of an {\it incomplete} -function. The use of the Debye asymptotic expansion for Bessel functions allows to determine the dominant (volume, area, >...) terms in the Casimir energy. The possible interest of this kind of models for dielectric media (and its application to sonoluminescence) is also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0008251,
title = {Casimir energy for a scalar field with a frequency dependent boundary condition},
author = {H. Falomir and K. Rébora and M. Loewe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0008251},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
7 pages, RevTeX. Version to appear in PRD (Introduction enlarged, references added)