Radiative corrections to the Casimir effect for the massive scalar field

Abstract

We compute the $O(\lambda)$ correction to the Casimir energy for the massive $\lambda\phi^4$ model confined between a pair of parallel plates. The calculations are made with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The correction is shown to be sensitive to the boundary conditions, except in the zero mass limit, in which case our results agree with those found in the literature.Comment: 6 pages. Work presented at the XXIII Brazilian National Meeting on Particles and Fields (Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil, 15-19 Oct 2002). Also available at http://www.sbf1.if.usp.br/eventos/enfpc/xxiii/procs/RES142.pd