Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-12-20
Phys.Rev. D63 (2001) 125007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
29 pages, 2 EPS figures, figures replaced, typos corrected
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.125007
The vacuum expectation values for the energy-momentum tensor of a massive scalar field with general curvature coupling and obeying the Robin boundary condition on spherically symmetric boundaries in D-dimensional space are investigated. The expressions are derived for the regularized vacuum energy density, radial and azimuthal stress components (i) inside and outside a single spherical surface and (ii) in the intermediate region between two concentric spheres. Regularization procedure is carried out by making use of the generalized Abel-Plana formula for the series over zeros of cylinder functions. Asymptotic behavior of the vacuum densities near the sphere and at large distances is investigated. A decomposition of the Casimir energy into volumic and surface parts is provided for both cases (i) and (ii). We show that the mode sum energy, evaluated as a sum of the zero-point energies for each normal mode of frequency, and the volume integral of the energy density in general are different, and argue that this difference is due to the existence of an additional surface energy contribution.
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