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quant-ph2003
The Casimir Effect and Geometric Optics
R. L. Jaffe, A. Scardicchio
We propose a new approach to the Casimir effect based on classical ray optics. We define and compute the contribution of classical optical paths to the Casimir force between rigid…
hep-th2003
Unnatural Acts: Unphysical Consequences of Imposing Boundary Conditions on Quantum Fields
R. L. Jaffe
I examine the effect of trying to impose a Dirichlet boundary condition on a scalar field by coupling it to a static background. The zero point -- or Casimir -- energy of the field…
hep-th2003
Heavy Fermion Quantum Effects in SU(2)_L Gauge Theory
E. Farhi, N. Graham, R. L. Jaffe +2
We explore the effects of a heavy fermion doublet in a simplified version of the standard electroweak theory. We integrate out the doublet and compute the exact effective energy fu…