Vector Casimir effect for a D-dimensional sphere
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- 11 November 1996
Abstract
The Casimir energy or stress due to modes in a D-dimensional volume subject to TM (mixed) boundary conditions on a bounding spherical surface is calculated. Both interior and exterior modes are included. Together with earlier results found for scalar modes (TE modes), this gives the Casimir effect for fluctuating ``electromagnetic'' (vector) fields inside and outside a spherical shell. Known results for three dimensions, first found by Boyer, are reproduced. Qualitatively, the results for TM modes are similar to those for scalar modes: Poles occur in the stress at positive even dimensions, and cusps (logarithmic singularities) occur for integer dimensions $D\le1$. Particular attention is given the interesting case of D=2.
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- Version 1, 1996-11-11, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review D, 55 (8), 4940.
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