Resonance interaction induced by metal surfaces catalyzes atom-pair breakage
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2013
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Bostrom, Mathias
Persson, Clas
Ninham, Barry
Norman, Patrick
Sernelius, B
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American Physical Society
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We present the theory for retarded resonance interaction between two identical atoms at arbitrary positions near a metal surface. The dipole-dipole resonance interaction force that binds isotropically excited atom pairs together in free space may turn rep
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Keywords: Arbitrary positions; Dipole-dipole; Ground-state binding; Metal surfaces; Oxygen molecule; Permeable surface; Repulsive energy; Resonance interaction; Atoms; Binding energy; Density functional theory; Metals
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Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
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