Physics NotePublished
Casimir Effect in a D-Dimensional Flat Spacetime and the Cut-Off Method
N.F. Svaiter; B.F. Svaiter
1989
Publication details
- Authors
- N.F. Svaiter; B.F. Svaiter
- Type
- Physics Note
- Status
- Published
- Publication date
- 1989
- Description
- The Casimir effect in a D-dimensional spacetime produced by a Hermitian massless scalar field in the presence of a pair of perfectly reflecting parallel flat plates is discussed. The exponential cut-off regularization method is employed. The regularized vacuum energy and the Casimir energy of this field are evaluated and a detailed analysis of the divergent terms in the regularized vacuum energy is carried out. The two-dimensional version of the Casimir effect is discussed by means of the same cut-off method. A comparison between the above method and the zeta function regularization procedure is presented in a way which gives us the unification between these two methods in the present case.
- Year
- 1989
- Number
- CBPF-NF-050/89
- Linked to a thesis
- No
- Linked to a grant
- No