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The Casimir effect and mass renormalization for a massive Bosonic string in background B-field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-05-15 v2

Abstract

We study the Casimir effect for a massive bosonic string terminating on D-brains, and living in a flat space with an antisymmetric background B-field. We find the Casimir energy and Casimir force as functions of the mass and length of the string and show the force does not depend on B-field. We also find the divergent part of the vacuum state energy, as a function of the mass and length of the string and offer an idea for renormalization of the mass of the string.

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@article{arxiv.1204.0358,
  title  = {The Casimir effect and mass renormalization for a massive Bosonic string in background B-field},
  author = {Y. Koohsarian and A. Shirzad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0358},
  year   = {2012}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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