The Casimir effect and its applications
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The Casimir effect and its applications
(Oxford science publications)
Clarendon Press, c1997
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Description based on reprinted 2007
Includes bibliograhical references (p. [192]-199)
Description and Table of Contents
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Of value to the general scientific public, this is the first book in the world scientific literature devoted to the Casimir effect. This topic has important applications in the fields of elementary particle physics, statistical physics, quantum field theory, gravitation and cosmology.
Table of Contents
- 1. Physical foundations of the Casimir effect
- 2. The Casimir effect for various cases
- 3. Realistic quantization domain boundary properties
- 4. Vacuum polarization in topologically non-trivial spaces and cosmology
- 5. Effective temperature of the vacuum
- 6. The Casimir effect in elementary particle physics
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