Van der Waals interactions in a magnetodielectric medium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Spagnolo, S ^a,b   Dalvit, D A R ^b   Milonni, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GROUND STATE; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POLARIZATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ATOM ATOM INTERACTIONS; MAGNETODIELECTRIC MEDIA; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34347338688     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052117     Document Type: Article

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