Effects of a uniform acceleration on atom-field interactions

Jamir Marino; Antonio Noto; Roberto Passante; Lucia Rizzuto; Salvatore Spagnolo

doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2014/T160/014031

Effects of a uniform acceleration on atom-field interactions

Jamir Marino
, Antonio Noto
, Roberto Passante
, Lucia Rizzuto
, Salvatore Spagnolo

Physics

University at Buffalo

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Abstract

We review some quantum electrodynamical effects related to the uniform acceleration of atoms in vacuum. After discussing the energy level shifts of a uniformly accelerated atom in vacuum, we investigate the atom-wall Casimir-Polder force for accelerated atoms, and the van der Waals/Casimir-Polder interaction between two accelerated atoms. The possibility of detecting the Unruh effect through these phenomena is also discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Article number	014031
Journal	Physica Scripta Topical Issues
Volume	T160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2014/T160/014031
State	Published - 2014
Event	20th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics, CEWQO 2013 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: Jun 16 2013 → Jun 20 2013

Keywords

CasimirPolder forces
Unruh effect
vacuum fluctuations

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