Dynamical Casimir Effect with Semi-Transparent Mirrors, and Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Quantum Physics
Abstract
After reviewing some essential features of the Casimir effect and, specifically, of its regularization by zeta function and Hadamard methods, we consider the dynamical Casimir effect (or Fulling-Davis theory), where related regularization problems appear, with a view to an experimental verification of this theory. We finish with a discussion of the possible contribution of vacuum fluctuations to dark energy, in a Casimir like fashion, that might involve the dynamical version.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0712.1347,
title = {Dynamical Casimir Effect with Semi-Transparent Mirrors, and Cosmology},
author = {Emilio Elizalde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1347},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages, Talk given in the Workshop ``Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT07)'', Leipzig (Germany), September 17 - 21, 2007