How does Casimir energy fall?

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.76.025004MaRDI QIDQ3093832zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. A. Fulling, Kimball A. Milton, Parashar Prachi, August Romeo, K. V. Shajesh, Jef Wagner

Publication date 18 October 2011

Published in Physical Review D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702091

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: Doubt continues to linger over the reality of quantum vacuum energy. There is some question whether fluctuating fields gravitate at all, or do so anomalously. Here we show that for the simple case of parallel conducting plates, the associated Casimir energy gravitates just as required by the equivalence principle, and that therefore the inertial and gravitational masses of a system possessing Casimir energy $E_c$ are both $E_c/c^2$. This simple result disproves recent claims in the literature. We clarify some pitfalls in the calculation that can lead to spurious dependences on coordinate system.

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