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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811583203321

Autore

Milton K. A

Titolo

The Casimir effect : physical manifestations of zero-point energy / / K.A. Milton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2001

ISBN

1-281-95620-1

9786611956202

981-281-052-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

530.143

Soggetti

Casimir effect

Electric fields

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Preface              ; Chapter 1 Introduction to the Casimir Effect                                                   ; 1.1 Van der Waals Forces                               ; 1.2 Casimir Effect                         ; 1.3 Dimensional Dependence                                 ; 1.4 Applications                       ; 1.5 Local Effects                        ; 1.6 Sonoluminescence                           ; 1.7 Radiative Corrections                                ; 1.8 Other Topics                       ; 1.9 Conclusion

1.10 General References                              Chapter 2 Casimir Force Between Parallel Plates                                                      ; 2.1 Introduction                       ; 2.2 Dimensional Regularization                                     ; 2.3 Scalar Green's Function                                  ; 2.4 Massive Scalar                         ; 2.5 Finite Temperature                             ; 2.6 Electromagnetic Casimir Force                                        ; 2.7 Fermionic Casimir Force

Chapter 3 Casimir Force Between Parallel Dielectrics                                                           3.1 The Lifshitz Theory                              ; 3.2 Applications                       ; 3.3 Experimental Verification of the Casimir Effect                                                          ; Chapter 4 Casimir Effect with Perfect Spherical Boundaries                                                                 ; 4.1 Electromagnetic Casimir Self-Stress on a Spherical Shell

4.2 Fermion Fluctuations                               Chapter 5 The Casimir Effect of a Dielectric Ball: The Equivalence of the Casimir Effect and van der Waals Forces                                                                                                                        


; 5.1 Green's Dyadic Formulation                                     ; 5.2 Stress on the Sphere                               ; 5.3 Total Energy                       ; 5.4 Fresnel Drag                       ; 5.5 Electrostriction

5.6 Dilute Dielectric-Diamagnetic Sphere                                               5.7 Dilute Dielectric Ball                                 ; 5.8 Conducting Ball                          ; 5.9 Van der Waals Self-Stress for a Dilute Dielectric Sphere                                                                   ; 5.10 Discussion                      ; Chapter 6 Application to Hadronic Physics: Zero-Point Energy in the Bag Model

6.1 Zero-point Energy of Confined Gluons

Sommario/riassunto

In its simplest manifestation, the Casimir effect is a quantum force of attraction between two parallel uncharged conducting plates. More generally, it refers to the interaction - which may be either attractive or repulsive - between material bodies due to quantum fluctuations in whatever fields are relevant. It is a local version of the van der Waals force between molecules. Its sweep ranges from perhaps its being the origin of the cosmological constant to its being responsible for the confinement of quarks.  This monograph develops the theory of such forces, based primarily on physically tr