Scalar Casimir effect on a D -dimensional Einstein static universe

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/16/165010zbMATH Open1147.83029arXiv0711.4564OpenAlexW1979365797WikidataQ59689142 ScholiaQ59689142MaRDI QIDQ3522754FDOQ3522754

Authors: Raquel H. Ribeiro, Marco O. P. Sampaio, Carlos Herdeiro 

Publication date: 4 September 2008

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We compute the renormalised energy momentum tensor of a free scalar field coupled to gravity on an (n+1)-dimensional Einstein Static Universe (ESU), RxS^n, with arbitrary low energy effective operators (up to mass dimension n+1). A generic class of regulators is used, together with the Abel-Plana formula, leading to a manifestly regulator independent result. The general structure of the divergences is analysed to show that all the gravitational couplings (not just the cosmological constant) are renormalised for an arbitrary regulator. Various commonly used methods (damping function, point-splitting, momentum cut-off and zeta function) are shown to, effectively, belong to the given class. The final results depend strongly on the parity of n. A detailed analytical and numerical analysis is performed for the behaviours of the renormalised energy density and a quantity `sigma' which determines if the strong energy condition holds for the `quantum fluid'. We briefly discuss the quantum fluid back-reaction problem, via the higher dimensional Friedmann and Raychaudhuri equations, observe that equilibrium radii exist and unveil the possibility of a `Casimir stabilisation of Einstein Static Universes'.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4564

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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