The Casimir Effect from a Condensed Matter Perspective
Other Condensed Matter
2009-12-14 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
The Casimir effect, a key observable realization of vacuum fluctuations, is usually taught in graduate courses on quantum field theory. The growing importance of Casimir forces in microelectromechanical systems motivates this subject as a topic for graduate many-body physics courses. To this end, we revisit the Casimir effect using methods common in condensed matter physics. We recover previously derived results and explore the implications of the analogies implicit in this treatment.
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@article{arxiv.0907.4976,
title = {The Casimir Effect from a Condensed Matter Perspective},
author = {L. Palova and P. Chandra and P. Coleman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.4976},
year = {2009}
}
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Accepted for Publication in American Journal of Physics