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### Path Integral Approach to the Dynamic Casimir Effect with Fluctuating Boundaries

Abstract:

A path integral formulation is developed for the dynamic Casimir effect. It allows us to study arbitrary deformations in space and time of the perfectly reflecting (conducting) boundaries of a cavity. The mechanical response of the intervening vacuum is calculated to linear order in the frequency-wavevector plane, using which a plethora of interesting phenomena can be studied. For a single corrugated plate we find a correction to mass at low frequencies, and an effective shear viscosity at hi...

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Published

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10.1103/PhysRevA.58.1713

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Physics, Theoretical Physics
Journal:
Phys.Rev.A
Volume:
58
Issue:
3
Pages:
1713-1722
Publication date:
1998-02-05
DOI:
EISSN:
1094-1622
ISSN:
1050-2947
URN:
uuid:6d02dcc5-1daf-46f1-9603-43ae4de48cdc
Source identifiers:
162307
Local pid:
pubs:162307
Language:
English
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