Vacuum Energy as Spectral Geometry

Quantum vacuum energy (Casimir energy) is reviewed for a mathematical audience as a topic in spectral theory. Then some one-dimensional systems are solved exactly, in terms of closed classical paths and periodic orbits. The relations among local spectral densities, energy densities, global eigenvalu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Datum:2007
1. Verfasser: Fulling, S.A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Інститут математики НАН України 2007
Online Zugang:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/147208
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Zitieren:Vacuum Energy as Spectral Geometry / S.A. Fulling // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2007. — Т. 3. — Бібліогр.: 60 назв. — англ.

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Zusammenfassung:Quantum vacuum energy (Casimir energy) is reviewed for a mathematical audience as a topic in spectral theory. Then some one-dimensional systems are solved exactly, in terms of closed classical paths and periodic orbits. The relations among local spectral densities, energy densities, global eigenvalue densities, and total energies are demonstrated. This material provides background and motivation for the treatment of higher-dimensional systems (self-adjoint second-order partial differential operators) by semiclassical approximation and other methods.
ISSN:1815-0659