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Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Michael Bordag

    1. University of Leipzig, Deutschland

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Part of the book series: Teubner Texte zur Physik (TTZP, volume 30)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Leipzig, Deutschland

    Michael Bordag

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions

  • Editors: Michael Bordag

  • Series Title: Teubner Texte zur Physik

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01204-7

  • Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-663-01205-4Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-663-01204-7Published: 02 July 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0233-0911

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 280

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engineering, general

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