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Casimir-Polder forces, boundary conditions and fluctuations
Salvatore SpagnoloRuggero VasileRoberto PassanteLucia RizzutoRiccardo Messinasubject
Statistics and ProbabilityPhysicsCondensed Matter::Quantum GasesQuantum PhysicsGeneral Physics and AstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsInteratomic potentialInterpretation (model theory)Condensed Matter - Other Condensed MatterCasimir effectDipoleClassical mechanicsModeling and SimulationExcited stateAtomPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersCasimir-Polder forcesBoundary value problemPhysics::Atomic PhysicsQuantum Physics (quant-ph)Mathematical PhysicsQuantum fluctuationOther Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)description
We review different aspects of the atom-atom and atom-wall Casimir-Polder forces. We first discuss the role of a boundary condition on the interatomic Casimir-Polder potential between two ground-state atoms, and give a physically transparent interpretation of the results in terms of vacuum fluctuations and image atomic dipoles. We then discuss the known atom-wall Casimir-Polder force for ground- and excited-state atoms, using a different method which is also suited for extension to time-dependent situations. Finally, we consider the fluctuation of the Casimir-Polder force between a ground-state atom and a conducting wall, and discuss possible observation of this force fluctuation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-09 |