Nuclear mass corrections to the Casimir-Polder interaction
Abstract
We present a derivation of the finite nuclear mass corrections to the Casimir-Polder interaction between two atomic systems in the ground state. Equivalently, we show how the long-range asymptotics of the adiabatic correction is modified due to the finite speed of light. We show that in addition to the contribution resulting from the finite-mass correction to atomic polarizabilities, a further contribution exists.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- March 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.032518
- Bibcode:
- 2016PhRvA..93c2518L