Nonequilibrium thermal Casimir-Polder forces

被引:8
作者
Buhmann, S. Y. [1 ]
Scheel, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BW, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
DISPERSION FORCES; ATOM; RADIATION; PLATES;
D O I
10.1088/0031-8949/2009/T135/014013
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the nonequilibrium Casimir-Polder force on an atom prepared in an incoherent superposition of internal energy eigenstates, which is placed in a magnetoelectric environment of nonuniform temperature. After solving the coupled atom-field dynamics within the framework of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics, we derive a general expression for the thermal Casimir- Polder force.
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