89 research outputs found
Spectral Zeta Functions for a Cylinder and a Circle
Spectral zeta functions for the massless scalar fields obeying the
Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions on a surface of an infinite cylinder
are constructed. These functions are defined explicitly in a finite domain of
the complex plane s containing the closed interval of real axis Re . Proceeding from this the spectral zeta functions for the boundary
conditions given on a circle (boundary value problem on a plane) are obtained
without any additional calculations. The Casimir energy for the relevant field
configurations is deduced.Comment: REVTeX4, 13 pages, no tables and figures; v2 some misprints are
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Mixing of the symmetric exclusion processes in terms of the corresponding single-particle random walk
We prove an upper bound for the -mixing time of the symmetric
exclusion process on any graph G, with any feasible number of particles. Our
estimate is proportional to ,
where |V| is the number of vertices in G, and is
the 1/4-mixing time of the corresponding single-particle random walk. This
bound implies new results for symmetric exclusion on expanders, percolation
clusters, the giant component of the Erdos-Renyi random graph and Poisson point
processes in . Our technical tools include a variant of Morris's
chameleon process.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AOP714 the Annals of
Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
The closed piecewise uniform string revisited
We reconsider the composite string model introduced {30 years ago} to study
the vacuum energy. The model consists of a scalar field, describing the
transversal vibrations of a string consisting of piecewise constant sections
with different tensions and mass densities, keeping the speed of light constant
across the junctions. We consider the spectrum using transfer matrices and
Chebyshev polynomials to get a closed formula for the eigenfrequencies. We
calculate vacuum and free energy as well as the entropy of this system in two
approaches, one using contour integration and another one using a Hurwitz zeta
function. The latter results in a representation in terms of finite sums over
polynomials. Several limiting cases are considered as well, for instance, the
high-temperature expansion, which is expressed in terms of the heat kernel
coefficients. The vacuum energy has no ultraviolet divergences, and the
corresponding heat kernel coefficient is zero due to the constancy of the
speed of light. This is in parallel to a similar situation in macroscopic
electrodynamics with isorefractive boundary conditions.Comment: 12 page
Dispersion Forces Between Fields Confined to Half Spaces
We consider the Casimir effect for a scalar field interacting with another scalar field that is
confined to two half spaces. This model is aimed to mimic the interaction of the photon field with
matter in two slabs. We use Dirichlet boundary conditions on the interfaces for the fields in the half
spaces and calculate their one-loop contribution to the wave equation for the other field. We perform
the ultraviolet renormalization and develop a convenient formalism for the calculation of the vacuum
energy in this configuration
Electromagnetic Waves from Pulsars Generated by Null Cosmic Strings
Null cosmic strings disturb electromagnetic (EM) fields of charged sources
and sources with magnetic moments. As has been recently shown, these
perturbations result in a self-force acting on the sources and create EM waves
outgoing from the sources. We develop an analytic approximation for asymptotic
of the EM waves at the future null infinity and calculate radiation fluxes for
sources of the both types. For magnetic-dipole-like sources the radiation flux
depends on orientation of the magnetic moment with respect to the string.
Estimates show that the peak power of the radiation can be quite large for null
strings moving near pulsars and considerably large in case of magnetars. The
string generated variations of the luminosities of the stars can be used as a
potential experimental signature of null cosmic strings.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figure
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