The heat kernel expansion for the electromagnetic field in a cavity
Mathematical Physics
2015-06-26 v1 math.MP
Abstract
We derive the first six coefficients of the heat kernel expansion for the electromagnetic field in a cavity by relating it to the expansion for the Laplace operator acting on forms. As an application we verify that the electromagnetic Casimir energy is finite.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0302035,
title = {The heat kernel expansion for the electromagnetic field in a cavity},
author = {F. Bernasconi and G. M. Graf and D. Hasler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0302035},
year = {2015}
}
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12 pages