The Casimir effect: recent controversies and progress

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/38/R01zbMath1062.81153arXivhep-th/0406024MaRDI QIDQ4822769

Publication date: 25 October 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406024

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T15: Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory

81V10: Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics

81-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory

81V70: Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect

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