The Casimir Effect from a Condensed Matter Perspective Export

@article{citeulike:5297987, abstract = {The Casimir effect, a key observable realization of vacuum fluctuations, is usually taught in graduate courses on quantum field theory. The growing importance of Casimir forces in microelectromechanical systems motivates this subject as a topic for graduate many-body physics courses. To this end, we revisit the Casimir effect using methods common in condensed matter physics. We recover previously derived results and explore the implications of the analogies implicit in this treatment.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Palova, L. and Chandra, P. and Coleman, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5297987}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4976}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.4976}, day = {28}, eprint = {0907.4976}, keywords = {fluctuations, pressure, quantum\_physics, statistical\_physics}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2009-08-01 21:18:25}, priority = {2}, title = {The Casimir Effect from a Condensed Matter Perspective}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4976}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5297987 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5297987 N2 - The Casimir effect, a key observable realization of vacuum fluctuations, is usually taught in graduate courses on quantum field theory. The growing importance of Casimir forces in microelectromechanical systems motivates this subject as a topic for graduate many-body physics courses. To this end, we revisit the Casimir effect using methods common in condensed matter physics. We recover previously derived results and explore the implications of the analogies implicit in this treatment. TI - The Casimir Effect from a Condensed Matter Perspective KW - fluctuations KW - pressure KW - quantum_physics KW - statistical_physics AU - Palova, L AU - Chandra, P AU - Coleman, P PY - 2009/Jul/28/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4976 ER -