The topological Casimir effect on a torus
The conventional Casimir effect manifests itself as a quantum mechanical force between two plates, that arises from the quantization of the electromagnetic field in the enclosed vacuum. In this thesis the existence is discussed of an extra, topological term in the Casimir energy at finite temperatur...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of British Columbia
2013
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44948 |