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      Casimir effect for a massive scalar field under mixed boundary conditions

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          We discuss the Casimir effect for a massive bosonic field with mixed (Dirichlet-Neumann) boundary conditions. We use the zeta-function regularization prescription to obtain our physical results. Particularly, we analyse how the Casimir energy varies with the mass of the field and compare this mass dependence with those obtained for other boundary conditions. This is done graphically. Some other graphs involving a massive fermionic field are also included.

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                Journal
                bjp
                Brazilian Journal of Physics
                Braz. J. Phys.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Física (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0103-9733
                1678-4448
                December 2003
                : 33
                : 4
                : 860-866
                Affiliations
                [01] Rio de Janeiro RJ orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Instituto de Física Brazil
                Article
                S0103-97332003000400042 S0103-9733(03)03300442
                10.1590/S0103-97332003000400042
                2292fe70-61f0-421e-b997-3de709e57228

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 25 April 2003
                : 02 September 2003
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