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Tunnelling and the Casimir effect on a -dimensional sphere
Jean Alexandre, Drew Backhouse
Two fundamental signatures of Quantum Mechanics are tunnelling and the Casimir effect. We examine the ground state energetic properties of a scalar field confined on a -dimensio…
Mapping 1+1-dimensional black hole thermodynamics to finite volume effects
Jean Alexandre, Drew Backhouse, Eleni-Alexandra Kontou +2
Both black hole thermodynamics and finite volume effects in quantum field theory violate the null energy condition. Motivated by this, we compare thermodynamic features between two…
Null energy condition violation: Tunnelling versus the Casimir effect
Jean Alexandre, Drew Backhouse
We show that tunnelling between two degenerate minima, as allowed in a finite volume, leads to a non-extensive symmetric ground state. This results in Null Energy Condition violati…
One-loop tunnelling-induced energetics
Jean Alexandre, Drew Backhouse
Tunnelling between degenerate vacuua is allowed in finite-volume Quantum Field Theory, and features remarkable energetic properties, which result from the competition of different…
The Phenomenological Motivation of Axions: A Review
Drew Backhouse
Setting aside anthropic arguments, there is no reason for CP symmetry to be obeyed within the theory of quantum chromodynamics. However, no such violation of CP symmetry has ever b…