Path-integral approach to the dynamic Casimir effect with fluctuating boundaries

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1713-1722

  Golestanian, Ramin ^a   Kardar, Mehran ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 4243285233     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.1713     Document Type: Article

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