The analytic regularization zeta function method and the cut-off method in the Casimir effect
- 21 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 25 (4) , 979-989
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/25/4/032
Abstract
The zero point energy associated with a Hermitian massless scalar field in the presence of perfectly reflecting plates in a 3D flat space-time is discussed. A new technique to unify two different methods-the zeta function and a variant of the cut-off method-used to obtain the so-called Casimir energy is presented, and the proof of the analytic equivalence between both methods is given.Keywords
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