LOCAL ANALYSIS OF A QUANTUM-FIELD CONFINED WITHIN A RECTANGULAR CAVITY

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作者
ACTOR, AA
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[1] Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, Fogelsville
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10.1006/aphy.1994.1027
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Detailed local analysis is presented of a quantum scalar field confined within a rectangular spatial cavity by Dirichlet conditions on the cavity walls. Integration over the cavity to obtain from this local description the known global Casimir effect for the cavity reveals the precise role played by wall, edge, and corner boundary divergences in producing the global Casimir effect. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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