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How Does Quantum Vacuum Energy Accelerate?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-10-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We show that Casimir energy for a configuration of parallel plates gravitates according to the equivalence principle both for the finite and divergent parts. This shows that the latter can be absorbed by a process of renormalization.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0081,
  title  = {How Does Quantum Vacuum Energy Accelerate?},
  author = {K. A. Milton and P. Parashar and J. Wagner and K. V. Shajesh and A. Romeo and S. Fulling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0081},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Parallel talk at ICHEP08, Philadelphia, USA, July 2008. 4 pages, LaTeX. Changes are cosmetic only, to conform to new ICHEP requirements

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