Casimir energy of a spherical shell

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Bowers, M E ^a   Hagen, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 16444376176     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.025007     Document Type: Article

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