A dispersion relation for the density of states with application to the Casimir effect

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.12.012zbMATH Open1219.81224arXiv1011.4659OpenAlexW3099980895MaRDI QIDQ549166FDOQ549166

S. G. Rajeev

Publication date: 7 July 2011

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The trace of a function of a Schrodinger operator minus the same for the Laplacian can be expressed in terms of the determinant of its scattering matrix. The naive formula for this determinant is divergent. Using a dispersion relation, we find another expression for it which is convergent, but needs one piece of information beyond the scattering matrix. Except for this `anomaly', we can express the Casimir energy of a compact body in terms of its optical scattering matrix, without assuming any rotational symmetry for its shape.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4659

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zbMATH Keywords

scattering theoryCasimir effectdispersion relationLevinson's theoremKrein formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20) Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30)

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