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View SchemaVacuum force on an atom in a magnetodielectric cavity
| Authors | M. S. Tomas |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0505127 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505127 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.034104 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 72, 034104 (2005) |
Abstract
We demonstrate that, according to a recently suggested Lorentz-force approach to the Casimir effect, the vacuum force on an atom embedded in a material cavity differs substantially from the force on an atom of the cavity medium. The force on an embedded atom is of the familiar (van der Waals and Casimir-Polder) type, however, more strongly modified by the cavity medium than usually considered. The force on an atom of the cavity medium is of the medium-assisted force type with rather unusual properties, as demonstrated very recently [M. S. Tomas, Phys. Rev. A 71, 060101(R) (2005)]. This implies similar properties of the vacuum force between two atoms in a medium.
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