Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions

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

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

• Casimir-Effekt
• Felder
• Feldtheorie
• Modell
• Quantenchromodynamik
• Quantenelektrodynamik
• Quantenfeld
• Quantenfeldtheorie
• Werkstoff
• Wärme

• University of Leipzig, Deutschland

  Michael Bordag

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