Nonequilibrium forces between neutral atoms mediated by a quantum field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Behunin, Ryan O ^a   Hu, Bei Lok ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM MOTION; CASIMIR; CENTER OF MASS MOTION; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; DYNAMICAL VARIABLES; ENTANGLED ATOMS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; INDUCED DIPOLES; INTERATOMIC FORCES; INTERNAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; NEUTRAL ATOMS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM CORRELATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; UNIFIED DESCRIPTION; VAN DER WAALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ATOMS;

EID: 77956241510     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.022507     Document Type: Article

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