Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2001-02-27
Physics
Quantum Physics
5 pgs, revtex, no figures
Scientific paper
The Casimir force between two conducting planes is considered in both the electromagnetic and scalar field cases. This is done by the usual summation over energy eigenmodes of the system as well as by a calculation of the stress tensor in the region between the planes. The latter case requires that careful attention be given to singular operator products, an issue which is accommodated here by invoking the point separation method in conjunction with a scalar cutoff. This is shown to yield cutoff dependent and divergent contributions to the Casimir pressure which are dependent on the separation parameters, but entirely consistent with Lorentz covariance. Averaging over the point splitting parameters allows finite results to be obtained, but fails to yield a unique Casimir force.
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