The Casimir Effect and Its Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198539988)

The Casimir effect arises when the zero-point vacuum oscillation spectrum is distorted by boundedness of the field quantization domain or by non-trivial spatial topology. As such, it is a widely used and intensely discussed phenomenon. This is the first book devoted to the Casimir effect. It will be valued by workers in a number of fields, including elementary particle physics, statistical physics, quantum field theory, gravitation and cosmology. Methods of calculating Casimir energies and forces are considered, and results given for bounded domains, dispersive media, and topologically non-trivial spaces. All these applications are outlined in this work covering a widely known, used and intensively discussed effect by specialists.

Author: Vladimir Mostepanenko, N. N. Trunov, R. L. Znajek
ISBN-10: 0198539983
ISBN-13: 9780198539988
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 04/10/1997
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.43w x 0.75d