Casimir energies in spherically symmetric background potentials revisited

Abstract

In this paper we reconsider the formulation for the computation of the Casimir energy in spherically symmetric background potentials. Compared to the previous analysis, the technicalities are much easier to handle and final answers are surprisingly simple.

14 pages, 6 figures

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