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View SchemaQuantum Fluctuations of Mass for a Mirror in Vacuum
| Authors | Marc-Thierry Jaekel, Serge Reynaud |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9801073 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9801073 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0375-9601(93)90486-J |
| Journal | Phys.Lett. A180 (1993) 9-14 |
Abstract
A mirror in vacuum is coupled to fluctuating quantum fields. As a result, its energy-momentum and mass fluctuate. We compute the correlation spectra of force and mass fluctuations for a mirror at rest in vacuum (of a scalar field in a two-dimensional space-time). The obtained expressions agree with a mass correction equal to a vacuum energy stored by the mirror. We introduce a Lagrangian model which consistently describes a scalar field coupled to a scatterer, with inertial mass being a quantum variable.
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