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Vacuum energy for generalised Dirac combs at $T = 0$

Mathematical Physics 2025-02-24 v3 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

The quantum vacuum energy for a hybrid comb of Dirac δ\delta-δ\delta' potentials is computed using the energy of the single δ\delta-δ\delta' potential over the real line that makes up the comb. The zeta function of a comb periodic potential is the continuous sum of zeta functions over the dual primitive cell of Bloch quasi-momenta. The result obtained for the quantum vacuum energy is non-perturbative in the sense that the energy function is not analytical for small couplings

Cite

@article{arxiv.1812.09022,
  title  = {Vacuum energy for generalised Dirac combs at $T = 0$},
  author = {Michael Bordag and Jose M Muñoz-Castañeda and Lucía Santamaría-Sanz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.09022},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

13 pages, 3 figures. Bibliography and Acknowledgements minor corrections have been included. Some changes have been included in the first four sections

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