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    "abstract": "Within the frame of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics in causal media, the\nvan der Waals interaction between an atomic system and an arbitrary arrangement\nof dispersing and absorbing dielectric bodies including metals is studied. It\nis shown that the minimal-coupling scheme and the multipolar-coupling scheme\nlead to essentially the same formula for the van der Waals potential. As an\napplication, the vdW potential of an atom in the presence of a sphere is\nderived. Closed expressions for the long-distance (retardation) and\nshort-distance (non-retardation) limits are given, and the effect of material\nabsorption is discussed.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0303152",
    "authors": [
      "Stefan Yoshi Buhmann",
      "Ho Trung Dung",
      "Dirk-Gunnar Welsch"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/1464-4266/6/3/020",
    "journal_ref": "Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 6 (3), S127\n  (2004); Erratum: Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 39 (14),\n  3145 (2006)",
    "title": "The van der Waals energy of atomic systems near absorbing and dispersing   bodies",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0303152"
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