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Atomic resonance interaction in dielectric media

Date

Authors

Bostrom, Mathias

Ninham, Barry

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

The retarded resonance interaction in dielectric media between a ground state atom and an excited atom were investigated. The whole system was represented by a superposition of states:symmetric and antisymmetric with respect to interchange of atoms. While the antisymmetric state can be long lived, the asymmetric state is likely to decay into two ground state atoms. The retarded limit large deviations were demonstrated.

Keywords

Keywords: Adsorption; Dielectric materials; Energy transfer; Green's function; Ground state; Polarization; Resonance; Semiconductor quantum dots; Dielectric functions; Dipole-dipole mechanism; Resonance interaction; Resonance interaction energy; Atomic physics

Citation

Physical Review A 69.5 (2004): 054701/1-2

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10440/1007
http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/1007

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.69.054701

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