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Quantum Fluctuations of Fields and Stress Tensors
L. H. Ford
This is a review of recent work on quantum fluctuations of the electric field and of stress tensor operators and their physical effects. The probability distribution for vacuum flu…
Frequency Spectra Analysis of Space and Time Averaged Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations
Peter Wu, L. H. Ford, Enrico D. Schiappacasse
Observing physical effects of large quantum stress tensor fluctuations requires knowledge of the interactions between the probe and the particles of the underlying quantum fields.…
Electric Field and Voltage Fluctuations in the Casimir Effect
L. H. Ford
The effects of reflecting boundaries on vacuum electric field fluctuations are treated. The presence of the boundaries can enhance these fluctuations and possibly lead to observabl…
Cosmological Particle Production: A Review
L. H. Ford
This article will review quantum particle creation in expanding universes. The emphasis will be on the basic physical principles and on selected applications to cosmological models…
Vacuum Radiation Pressure Fluctuations on Atoms
L. H. Ford
Recent work has shown that the stress tensor components, such as energy density or pressure, of a quantum field can be subject to large vacuum fluctuations. The energy density or p…
Space and Time Averaged Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations
Peter Wu, L. H. Ford, Enrico D. Schiappacasse
We extend previous work on the numerical diagonalization of quantum stress tensor operators in the Minkowski vacuum state, which considered operators averaged in a finite time inte…