Multipole effects in atom-surface interactions: a theoretical study with an application to He-α-quartz
We address some practically important and experimentally relevant questions concerning atom-surface interactions. For example, the quadrupole interaction of an atom with a dielectric macroscopic surface is obtained with full allowance for retardation and in closed form, valid for an arbitrary atom-s...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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8 May 2010
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Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Year: 2010, Volume: 81, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-12 |
| ISSN: | 1094-1622 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052507 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052507 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052507 
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| Author Notes: | Grzegorz Łach, Maarten DeKieviet, and Ulrich D. Jentschura |
| Summary: | We address some practically important and experimentally relevant questions concerning atom-surface interactions. For example, the quadrupole interaction of an atom with a dielectric macroscopic surface is obtained with full allowance for retardation and in closed form, valid for an arbitrary atom-surface distance. We also explore the relevance of higher-order multipole effects in atom-surface interactions, and we find that details in the dielectric response function of the surface material have to be resolved in order to accurately calculate the atom-surface potential. They lead to important effects at an intermediate range which cannot be explained by either short-range or long-range asymptotics. A numerical example (helium interacting with α-quartz) is included in order to illustrate this aspect. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 09.03.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1094-1622 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052507 |