Casimir effect in source theory
@article{Schwinger1975CasimirEI, title={Casimir effect in source theory}, author={Julian Seymour Schwinger}, journal={Letters in Mathematical Physics}, year={1975}, volume={1}, pages={43-47} }
The theory of the Casimir effect, including its temperature dependence, is rederived by source theoretic methods, which do not employ the concept of zero point energy.
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