Path-integral approach to Casimir effect with infinitely thin plates
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-02-23 v1
Abstract
When studying the Casimir effect in a quantum field theory setting, one can impose the boundary conditions by adding appropriate Dirac-delta functions to the path integral. In this paper, the limits of this approach are explored under different boundary conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.08322,
title = {Path-integral approach to Casimir effect with infinitely thin plates},
author = {David Vercauteren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08322},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
11 pages, no figures