Faculty of Physics
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Menu
Regular Article

Renormalization of the Casimir energy with logarithmic divergences

I.Yu. Malakhov, K.A. Sveshnikov, P.K. Silaev

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2005. 60. N 6. P. 1

  • Article
Annotation

A procedure for the renormalization of the vacuum field energy in the case where the energy levels are known only numerically is proposed. It requires neither an explicit transcendental equation for determining the levels nor an analytical expression for the asymptotic behavior of these levels. The procedure yields an unambiguous result even when there is a logarithmic divergence in the expression for the vacuum energy.

Authors
I.Yu. Malakhov, K.A. Sveshnikov, P.K. Silaev
Department of Quantum Theory and High-Energy Physics, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Issue 6, 2005

Moscow University Physics Bulletin

Science News of the Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

This new information publication, which is intended to convey to the staff, students and graduate students, faculty colleagues and partners of the main achievements of scientists and scientific information on the events in the life of university physicists.