Thermal Effects in the Magnetic Casimir-Polder Interaction
Abstract
We investigate the magnetic dipole coupling between a metallic surface and an atom in a thermal state, ground state and excited hyperfine state. This interaction results in a repulsive correction and - unlike the electrical dipole contribution - depends sensitively on the Ohmic dissipation in the material.
- Publication:
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Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09)
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814289931_0021
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0911.3483
- Bibcode:
- 2010qfti.conf..194H
- Keywords:
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- Casimir-Polder interaction;
- temperature;
- Ohmic dissipation;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1142/9789814289931_0021