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Quantum electrodynamics of a free particle near dispersive dielectric or conducting boundaries

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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:14 authored by Robert Bennett, Claudia Eberlein
Quantum electrodynamics near a boundary is investigated by considering the inertial mass shift of an electron near a dielectric or conducting surface. We show that in all tractable cases the shift can be written in terms of integrals over the transverse-electric and transverse-magnetic re?ection coef?cients associated with the surface, in analogy to the Lifshitz formula for the Casimir effect. We discuss the applications and potential limitations of this formula, and provide exact results for several models of the surface.

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Physical Review A

ISSN

1050-2947

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American Physical Society

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6

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86

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062505-1

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2013-01-21

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2013-04-17

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2013-04-17

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