Effective Actions, Boundaries and Precision Calculations of Casimir Energies
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We perform the matching required to compute the leading effective boundary contribution to the QED lagrangian in the presence of a conducting surface, once the electron is integrated out. Our result resolves a confusion in the literature concerning the interpretation of the leading such correction to the Casimir energy. It also provides a useful theoretical laboratory for brane-world calculations in which kinetic terms are generated on the brane, since a lot is known about QED near boundaries.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0304066,
title = {Effective Actions, Boundaries and Precision Calculations of Casimir Energies},
author = {Y. Aghababaie and C. P. Burgess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0304066},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages. revtex; Added paragraphs describing finite-conductivity effects and effects due to curvature