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The Casimir Effect for Thick Pistons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-02-26 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this work we analyze the Casimir energy and force for a {\it thick} piston configuration. This study is performed by utilizing the spectral zeta function regularization method. The results we obtain for the Casimir energy and force depend explicitly on the parameters that describe the general self-adjoint boundary conditions imposed. Numerical results for the Casimir force are provided for specific types of boundary conditions and are also compared to the corresponding force on an infinitely thin piston.

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@article{arxiv.1510.03288,
  title  = {The Casimir Effect for Thick Pistons},
  author = {Guglielmo Fucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03288},
  year   = {2016}
}

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