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Ruggiero, Carlos

doi:10.1590/s0100-29452008000300002

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“…Amongst the geometries considered for Casimir energy calculations, rectangular parallelepipeds are the most straightforward. Their eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are well known and as such have been subject of many articles [8][9][10][11][12][13]. We rederive a few of these results in the following paragraphs.…”

Section: Casimir Energies Of Rectangular Parallelepipedsmentioning

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Scalar Casimir energies of tetrahedra and prisms

Abalo¹,

Milton²,

Kaplan³

2012

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.

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New results for scalar Casimir self-energies arising from interior modes are presented for the three integrable tetrahedral cavities. Since the eigenmodes are all known, the energies can be directly evaluated by mode summation, with a point-splitting regulator, which amounts to evaluation of the cylinder kernel. The correct Weyl divergences, depending on the volume, surface area, and the edges, are obtained, which is strong evidence that the counting of modes is correct. Because there is no curvature, the finite part of the quantum energy may be unambiguously extracted. Cubic, rectangular parallelepipedal, triangular prismatic, and spherical geometries are also revisited.Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are considered for all geometries. Systematic behavior of the energy in terms of geometric invariants for these different cavities is explored. Smooth interpolation between short and long prisms is further demonstrated. When scaled by the ratio of the volume to the surface area, the energies for the tetrahedra and the prisms of maximal isoareal quotient lie very close to a universal curve. The physical significance of these results is discussed.

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