Electromagnetic Casimir Effect in Wedge Geometry and the Energy-Momentum Tensor in Media (2009)
Brevik, I., Ellingsen, S. A., Milton, K. A.
The wedge geometry closed by a circular-cylindrical arc is a nontrivial generalization of the cylinder, which may have application to the physics of cosmic strings. If the radial boundaries are not...
Nanowire atomchip traps for sub-micron atom-surface distances (2009)
Salem, R., Japha, Y., Chabé, J., Hadad, B., Keil, M., Milton, K. A., ...
We present an analysis of magnetic traps for ultracold atoms based on current-carrying wires with sub-micron dimensions. We analyze the physical limitations of these conducting wires, as well as how...
How Does Quantum Vacuum Energy Accelerate? (2008)
Milton, K. A., Parashar, P., Wagner, J., Shajesh, K. V., Romeo, A., Fulling, S.
We show that Casimir energy for a configuration of parallel plates gravitates according to the equivalence principle both for the finite and divergent parts. This shows that the latter can be...
Recent Developments in the Casimir Effect (2008)
In this talk I review various developments in the past year concerning quantum vacuum energy, the Casimir effect. In particular, there has been continuing controversy surrounding the temperature...
Vacuum Stress and Closed Paths in Rectangles, Pistons, and Pistols (2008)
Fulling, S. A., Kaplan, L., Kirsten, K., Liu, Z. H., Milton, K. A.
Rectangular cavities are solvable models that nevertheless touch on many of the controversial or mysterious aspects of the vacuum energy of quantum fields. This paper is a thorough study of the...
Casimir Energies: Temperature Dependence, Dispersion, and Anomalies (2008)
Assuming the conventional Casimir setting with two thick parallel perfectly conducting plates of large extent with a homogeneous and isotropic medium between them, we discuss the physical meaning of...
Coulomb Resummation and Monopole Masses (2008)
The relativistic Coulomb resummation factor suggested by I.L. Solovtsov is used to reanalyze the mass limits obtained for magnetic monopoles which might have been produced at the Fermilab Tevatron....
Local and Global Casimir Energies in a Green's Function Approach (2006)
Milton, K. A., Cavero-Pelaez, I., Kirsten, K.
The effects of quantum fluctuations in fields confined by background configurations may be simply and transparently computed using the Green's function approach pioneered by Schwinger. Not only can...
Julian Schwinger's influence on twentieth century science is profound and pervasive. Of course, he is most famous for his renormalization theory of quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the...
Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) (2006)
Julian Schwinger's influence on Twentieth Century science is profound and pervasive. Of course, he is most famous for his renormalization theory of quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the...
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Theoretical and Experimental Status of Magnetic Monopoles (2006)
The Tevatron has inspired new interest in the subject of magnetic monopoles. First there was the 1998 D0 limit on the virtual production of monopoles, based on the theory of Ginzburg and...
An analytic method of describing $R$-related quantities in QCD (2005)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
A model based on the analytic approach to QCD, involving a summation of threshold singularities and taking into account the nonperturbative character of the light quark masses, is applied to find...
Surface Divergences and Boundary Energies in the Casimir Effect (2005)
Milton, K. A., Cavero-Pelaez, I., Wagner, J.
Although Casimir, or quantum vacuum, forces between distinct bodies, or self-stresses of individual bodies, have been calculated by a variety of different methods since 1948, they have always been...
What is the Temperature Dependence of the Casimir Effect? (2005)
Hoye, J. S., Brevik, I., Aarseth, J. B., Milton, K. A.
There has been recent criticism of our approach to the Casimir force between real metallic surfaces at finite temperature, saying it is in conflict with the third law of thermodynamics and in...
On the Temperature Dependence of the Casimir Effect (2004)
Brevik, I., Aarseth, J. B., Høye, J. S., Milton, K. A.
The temperature dependence of the Casimir force between a real metallic plate and a metallic sphere is analyzed on the basis of optical data concerning the dispersion relation of metals such as gold...
Recent Developments in Quantum Vacuum Energy for Confined Fields (2004)
Quantum vacuum energy entered hadronic physics through the zero-point energy parameter introduced into the bag model. Estimates of this parameter led to apparent discordance with phenomenological...
Temperature Dependence of the Casimir Force for Metals (2003)
Brevik, I., Aarseth, J. B., Hoye, J. S., Milton, K. A.
Starting from the Lifshitz formula for the Casimir force between parallel plates we calculate the difference between the forces at two different settings, one in which the temperature is $T_1=350$ K,...
Kalbfleisch, G. R., Luo, W., Milton, K. A., Smith, E. H., Strauss, M. G.
We present 90% confidence level limits on magnetic monopole production at the Fermilab Tevatron from three sets of samples obtained from the D0 and CDF detectors each exposed to a proton-antiproton...
Does the Transverse Electric Zero Mode Contribute to the Casimir Effect for a Metal? (2002)
Hoye, J. S., Brevik, I., Aarseth, J. B., Milton, K. A.
The finite temperature Casimir free energy, entropy, and internal energy are considered anew for a conventional parallel-plate configuration, in the light of current discussions in the literature. In...
Remark on the perturbative component of inclusive $\tau$-decay (2001)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
In the context of the inclusive $\tau$-decay, we analyze various forms of perturbative expansions which have appeared as modifications of the original perturbative series. We argue that analytic...
The Adler Function for Light Quarks in Analytic Perturbation Theory (2001)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
The method of analytic perturbation theory, which avoids the problem of ghost-pole type singularities and gives a self-consistent description of both spacelike and timelike regions, is applied to...
New Limits on the Production of Magnetic Monopoles at Fermilab (2000)
Milton, K. A., Kalbfleisch, G. R., Strauss, M. G., Gamberg, L., Luo, W., Smith, E. H.
First results from an experiment (Fermilab E882) searching for magnetically charged particles bound to elements from the CDF and D{\O}detectors are reported. The experiment is described, and limits...
Improved Experimental Limits on the Production of Magnetic Monopoles (2000)
Kalbfleisch, G. R., Milton, K. A., Strauss, M. G., Gamberg, L., Smith, E. H., Luo, W.
We present new limits on low mass accelerator-produced point-like Dirac magnetic monopoles trapped and bound in matter surrounding the D\O collision region of the Tevatron at Fermilab (experiment...
Comment on Casimir energy for spherical boundaries (2000)
Brevik, I., Jensen, B., Milton, K. A.
It is shown that recent criticism by C. R. Hagen (hep-th/9902057) questioning the validity of stress tensor treatments of the Casimir energy for space divided into two parts by a spherical boundary...
Dynamical Casimir Effect and Quantum Cosmology (2000)
Brevik, I., Milton, K. A., Odintsov, S. D., Osetrin, K. E.
We apply the background field method and the effective action formalism to describe the four-dimensional dynamical Casimir effect. Our picture corresponds to the consideration of quantum cosmology...
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P., Yasnov, V. I.
We apply an analytic description to the inclusive decay of the $\tau$ lepton. We argue that this method gives not only a self-consistent description of the process both in the timelike region by...
Timelike and spacelike QCD characteristics of the $e^+e^-$ annihilation process (2000)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
We consider the Adler $D$-function, which is defined in the spacelike region, and the $e^+e^-$ annihilation ratio smeared, according to the Poggio, Quinn, and Weinberg method, which is determined for...
Can the QCD Effective Charge Be Symmetrical in the Euclidean and the Minkowskian Regions? (1998)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L.
We study a possible symmetrical behavior of the effective charges defined in the Euclidean and Minkowskian regions and prove that such symmetry is inconsistent with the causality principle.
Sonoluminescence and the Dynamical Casimir Effect (1998)
It has been suggested by various authors that the `dynamical Casimir effect' might prove responsible for the production of visible-light photons in the bubble collapse which occurs in...
Julian Schwinger and the Casimir Effect: The Reality of Zero-Point Energy (1998)
Julian Schwinger became interested in the Casimir effect in 1975. His original impetus was to understand the quantum force between parallel plates without the concept of zero point fluctuations of...
The Bjorken Sum Rule in the Analytic Approach to Perturbative QCD (1998)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
Results of applying analytic perturbation theory (APT) to the Bjorken sum rule are presented. We study the third-order QCD correction within the analytic approach and investigate its renormalization...
The Gross--Llewellyn Smith Sum Rule in the Analytic Approach to Perturbative QCD (1998)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
We apply analytic perturbation theory to the Gross--Llewellyn Smith sum rule. We study the $Q^2$ evolution and the renormalization scheme dependence of the analytic three-loop QCD correction to this...
Analytic Perturbative Approach to QCD (1998)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
A technique called analytic perturbation theory, which respects the required analytic properties, consistent with causality, is applied to the definition of the running coupling in the timelike...
Analytic Perturbation Theory and Renormalization Scheme Dependence in Tau Decay (1998)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Yasnov, V. I.
We apply analytic perturbation theory in next-to-next-to-leading order to inclusive semileptonic $\tau$-decay and study the renormalization scheme dependence. We argue that the renormalization scheme...
Analytic Perturbation Theory and Inclusive Tau Decay (1997)
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L., Solovtsova, O. P.
We apply analytic perturbation theory to the inclusive decay of a $\tau$ lepton into hadrons. It is shown that the resulting analyticity of the coupling constant strongly influences the value of the...
Milton, K. A., Solovtsov, I. L.
We argue that a technique called analytic perturbation theory leads to a well-defined method for analytically continuing the running coupling constant from the spacelike to the timelike region, which...
Non-Abelian Finite-Element Gauge Theory (1995)
We complete the formulation of the equations of motion of a non-Abelian gauge field coupled to fermions on a finite-element lattice in four space-time dimensions. This is accomplished by a...
Finite-Element Lattice Hamiltonian Matrix Eleents. Anharmonic Oscillators (1995)
The finite-element approach to lattice field theory is both highly accurate (relative errors $\sim 1/N^2$, where $N$ is the number of lattice points) and exactly unitary (in the sense that canonical...
Pharmacokinetics of halofantrine in Thai patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Karbwang, J, Milton, K A, Na Bangchang, K, Ward, S A, Edwards, G, Bunnag, D
Twelve patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria were admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases for 42 days. The patients were treated with halofantrine 500 mg 6 hourly for three...
Pharmacokinetics of halofantrine in healthy Thai volunteers.
Karbwang, J, Ward, S A, Milton, K A, Na Bangchang, K, Edwards, G
Pharmacokinetics of halofantrine in man: effects of food and dose size.
Milton, K A, Edwards, G, Ward, S A, Orme, M L, Breckenridge, A M
1. Plasma concentrations of halofantrine (Hf) and its putative principal plasma metabolite desbutyl halofantrine (Hfm) have been measured in two separate studies after oral administration of the...
Unitarity and vertex functions: some analyses in source theory.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1971.