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Resonance interaction induced by metal surfaces catalyzes atom-pair breakage

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Authors

Bostrom, Mathias

Persson, Clas

Ninham, Barry

Norman, Patrick

Sernelius, B

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72467

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.87.044701

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