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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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2007
Main Author: Fulling, S.A.
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2007
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/147208
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Cite this: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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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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2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 34B27; 81Q10; 58J50
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/147208
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.
This paper is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference in honor of Thomas P. Branson. This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DMS-0405806 and PHY-0554849.
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Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Vacuum Energy as Spectral Geometry
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