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View SchemaVacuum Energy Density near Fluctuating Boundaries
| Authors | L. H. Ford, N. F. Svaiter |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9804056 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9804056 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.065007 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 065007 |
Abstract
The imposition of boundary conditions upon a quantized field can lead to singular energy densities on the boundary. We treat the boundaries as quantum mechanical objects with a nonzero position uncertainty, and show that the singular energy density is removed. This treatment also resolves a long standing paradox concerning the total energy of the minimally coupled and conformally coupled scalar fields.
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