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Time-dependent Casimir-Polder forces and partially dressed states
Roberto PassanteF. Persicosubject
Electromagnetic fieldPhysicsCondensed Matter::Quantum GasesQuantum PhysicsTime evolutionSolid angleGeneral Physics and AstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesInteraction energyFunction (mathematics)dynamical Casimir interactionsAction (physics)Casimir effectPartially dressed stateAtomPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsQuantum Physics (quant-ph)description
A time-dependent CasimirPolder force is shown to arise during the time evolution of a partially dressed two-level atom. The partially dressed atom is obtained by a rapid change of an atomic parameter such as its transition frequency, due to the action of some external agent. The electromagnetic field fluctuations around the atom, averaged over the solid angle for simplicity, are calculated as a function of time, and it is shown that the interaction energy with a second atom yields a dynamical CasimirPolder potential between the two atoms.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-31 |