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Nonlocal properties of dynamical three-body Casimir-Polder forces

F. PersicoRoberto PassanteLucia Rizzuto

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Electromagnetic fieldPhysicsQuantum PhysicsGeneral Physics and AstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesSpatial field correlationsRelativistic quantum mechanicsCasimir effectQuantization (physics)Open quantum systemQuantum nonlocalityClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsNonlocalityThree-body forcePhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersPhysics::Atomic PhysicsQuantum dissipationQuantum Physics (quant-ph)Introduction to quantum mechanics

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We consider the three-body Casimir-Polder interaction between three atoms during their dynamical self-dressing. We show that the time-dependent three-body Casimir-Polder interaction energy displays nonlocal features related to quantum properties of the electromagnetic field and to the nonlocality of spatial field correlations. We discuss the measurability of this intriguing phenomenon and its relation with the usual concept of stationary three-body forces.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0511159