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Dressing the Lorentz atom
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- We investigate the effects of the electromagnetic vacuum field on a harmonically bound electron. We show that in the electric-dipole approximation the model atom couples only to an effective one-dimensional electric field. In a simplified form, in which the problem is reduced to a single spatial dimension, we determine, analytically, the form of the ground state and discuss the significance of this.<br />Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures. This article is a contribution to the special issue of Physics, "Matter-Radiation Interactions -- In Memory of Professor Francesco Saverio Persico"
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2404.12959
- Document Type :
- Working Paper