Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions

  • Michael Bordag
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Part of the TEUBNER-TEXTE zur Physik book series (TTZP, volume 30)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages 1-9
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  2. Casimir Effect

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 11-11
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    2. Casimir Energy for a Spherical Cavity in a Dielectric: Toward a Model for Sonoluminescence?
      Kimball A. Milton
      Pages 13-23
    3. Conformal Invariance with Boundaries
      Hugh Osborn
      Pages 24-33
    4. Hard, Semihard and Soft Boundary Conditions
      Alfred Actor, Iring Bender
      Pages 34-42
    5. Quantum Radiation from Mirrors Moving Sideways
      Gabriel Barton
      Pages 43-44
    6. Sonoluminescence as Quantum Vacuum Radiation
      Claudia Eberlein
      Pages 45-45
    7. Dynamical Casimir Effect, “Particle Emission” and Squeezing
      Carlos Villarreal, R. Jáuregui, S. Hacyan
      Pages 46-46
    8. Photon Generation and Squeezing in a Cavity with Vibrating Walls
      Victor V. Dodonov
      Pages 47-49
    9. Fluctuations of the Casimir Pressure at Finite Temperature
      Dieter Robaschik
      Pages 50-53
    10. Casimir Theory for the Piecewise Uniform String
      Iver Brevik
      Pages 54-54
    11. Casimir Force Between Real Boundaries: Contributions of Mechanical and Electrical Imperfections
      Vladimir M. Mostepanenko
      Pages 55-56

  3. QED and QCD in External Fields

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 57-57
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    2. Renormalization Group Flow of the Chern-Simons Parameter
      Martin Reuter
      Pages 59-70
    3. The Effective Lagrangian of Arbitrary Inhomogeneous Electromagnetic Field
      Vladimir V. Skalozub, Andrei Yu. Tishchenko
      Pages 71-75
    4. Gauge Theories in a Bag
      Andreas Wipf
      Pages 76-85
    5. Instantons in the Bag Model: Matrix Elements of Scalar Propagator
      Alexei A. Abrikosov Jr.
      Pages 86-93
    6. QED in the External Aharonov-Bohm Field
      Jürgen Audretsch, Uwe Jasper, Vladimir D. Skarzhinsky
      Pages 94-94
    7. Quantum Fields in a Conical Background
      Edisom S. Moreira
      Pages 95-95
    8. Magnetic Response of the Many-Particle Chern-Simons Gauge Theory in (2+1) Dimensions
      Efrain J. Ferrer, Vivian de la Incera
      Pages 96-96

About this book

Introduction

This volume contains papers based on talks delivered at the Third Workshop on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions, held at the University of Leipzig in September 1995. Contents: Casimir Effect - QED and QCD in External Fields - Ground State in External Fields - Quantum Fields in Black Hole Background - Topics in (Quantum) Gravity and in Quantum Optics - Appendix: Program of the Workshop - List of Participants

Keywords

Casimir-Effekt Felder Feldtheorie Modell Quantenchromodynamik Quantenelektrodynamik Quantenfeld Quantenfeldtheorie Werkstoff Wärme

Editors and affiliations

  • Michael Bordag
    • 1
  1. 1.University of LeipzigDeutschland

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01204-7
  • Copyright Information Vieweg+Teubner Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 1996
  • Publisher Name Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden
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  • Print ISBN 978-3-663-01205-4
  • Online ISBN 978-3-663-01204-7
  • Series Print ISSN 0233-0911
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