6 citations · 11 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for
4 papers · 1 filter
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…