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    "abstract": "An atom recoils when it undergoes spontaneous decay. In this paper we present\na microscopic calculation of the recoil of a source atom imbedded in a\ndielectric medium. We find that the source atom recoils with the canonical\nphoton momentum $n\\hbar k_{0,}$ where $n$ is the index of refraction and $\\hbar\nk_{0}$ is the photon momentum calculated at the source atom atomic frequency\n$\\omega_{0}$. We also show explicitly how the energy is conserved with the\nphoton inside the medium.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0605242",
    "authors": [
      "Hao Fu",
      "P. R. Berman"
    ],
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      "quant-ph"
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    "title": "Microscopic Theory of the Photon Recoil of an Atom in a Dielectric",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0605242"
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