Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions [Paperback]

Casimir Energy for a Spherical Cavity in a Dielectric: Toward a Model for Sonoluminescence?.- Conformal Invariance with Boundaries.- Hard, Semihard and Soft Boundary Conditions.- Quantum Radiation from Mirrors Moving Sideways.- Sonoluminescence as Quantum Vacuum Radiation.- Dynamical Casimir Effect, Particle Emission and Squeezing.- Photon Generation and Squeezing in a Cavity with Vibrating Walls.- Fluctuations of the Casimir Pressure at Finite Temperature.- Casimir Theory for the Piecewise Uniform String.- Casimir Force Between Real Boundaries: Contributions of Mechanical and Electrical Imperfections.- Renormalization Group Flow of the Chern-Simons Parameter.- The Effective Lagrangian of Arbitrary Inhomogeneous Electromagnetic Field.- Gauge Theories in a Bag.- Instantons in the Bag Model: Matrix Elements of Scalar Propagator.- QED in the External Aharonov-Bohm Field.- Quantum Fields in a Conical Background.- Magnetic Response of the Many-Particle Chern-Simons Gauge Theory in (2+1) Dimensions.- Self-Interaction Force for Charged Particle in the Space-Time of Supermassive Cosmic String.- Exact Euler-Heisenberg Effective Action for Chiral Fermions in Some Special External Fields.- Energy-Momentum Tensor of Particles Created by an External Field.- Nonlocality, Self-Adjointness of the Hamiltonian and Vacuum Polarization in Spaces with Nontrivial Topology.- Hydrogen Atom in the Spacetime of a Cosmic String.- Functional Determinants on M?bius Corners.- Applications of Zeta Function Regularization in QFT.- Ground State Energy in Smooth Background Fields.- Quantum Field Theory at Finite Temperature and Cosmological Perturbations.- Algorithms for the Calculation of the Heat Kernel Coefficients.- Finite Temperature Field Theory: Physical Effects of Nontrivial Spectral Functions.- Bose-Einstein Condensation under External Conditions.- Speed of Light in Nontrivial Vacua.- Influence of Condensates and External Fields on Physical Effects in Gauge Theories.- Effective Potential lC!