Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-11-16
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
80 pages, 21 figures, Ph.D. Thesis, Advisor: M. Bordag, an orthographical correction
Scientific paper
The response of vacuum to the presence of external conditions is the subject of this work. We consider a generalization of the Casimir effect in the presence of curved boundaries on which a sharp potential is concentrated. The profile of the potential is a delta function, which has some features in common with a hard boundary and some with a smooth background field. The boundaries investigated are: i) a spherical shell, ii) a cylindrical shell, iii) a magnetic flux tube. The vacuum energy is calculated by means of the Jost function of the scattering problem related to the field equation. The energy is then renormalized by means of a zeta functional approach adopting the heat-kernel expansion. The heat kernel coefficients are calculated and a discussion of the UV-divergences of the model is presented. The renormalized vacuum energy $E^{ren}$ is then numerically studied and plotted. The sign of $E^{ren}$ is found to be always negative in the case of the cylindrical shell, while in the case of the spherical shell and of the magnetic flux tube the sign depends on the value of the radius.
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