Effective Actions, Boundaries and Precision Calculations of Casimir Energies

Abstract

We perform the matching required to compute the leading effective boundary contribution to the QED lagrangian in the presence of a conducting surface, once the electron is integrated out. Our result resolves a confusion in the literature concerning the interpretation of the leading such correction to the Casimir energy. It also provides a useful theoretical laboratory for brane-world calculations in which kinetic terms are generated on the brane, since a lot is known about QED near boundaries.

arXiv comment5 pages. revtex; Added paragraphs describing finite-conductivity effects and effects due to curvature

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