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View SchemaNew Vacuum State of the Electromagnetic Field-Matter Coupling System and the Physical Interpretation of Casimir Effect
| Authors | Li Tongzhong |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0311005 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0311005 |
| Journal | Chin.Phys.Lett. 21 (2004) 73-75 |
Abstract
A new concise method is presented for the calculation of the ground-state energy of the electromagnetic field and matter field interacting system. With the assumption of squeezed-like state, a new vacuum state is obtained for the interacting system. The energy of the new vacuum state is lower than that given by the second-order perturbation theory in existing theories. In our theory, the Casimir effect is attributed neither to the quantum fluctuation in the zero-point energy of the genuine electromagnetic field nor to that in the zero-point energy of the genuine matter field, but to that in the vacuum state of the interacting system. Both electromagnetic field and matter field are responsible for the Casimir effect.
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