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The Casimir Effect Upon A Single Plate

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In the presence of an external field, the imposition of specific boundary conditions can lead to interesting new manifestations of the Casimir effect. In particular, it is shown here that even a single conducting plate may experience a non-zero force due to vacuum fluctuations. The origins of this force lie in the change induced by the external potential in the density of available quantum states.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0411031,
  title  = {The Casimir Effect Upon A Single Plate},
  author = {Pervez Hoodbhoy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0411031},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages,LaTeX; 1 figure. More references, acknowledgments, typos corrected, and simpler forms for expressing key results