Bostrom, MathiasNinham, Barry2009-12-022010-12-202009-12-022010-12-20Physical Review A 69.5 (2004): 054701/1-21050-29471094-1622http://hdl.handle.net/10440/1007http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/1007The 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.2 pageshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) … post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … [and] publisher's version/PDF. Link to publisher version … [and] Copyright notice required. Publisher's version/PDF can be used on … employers web site." - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 25/02/10). ©2004 The American Physical SocietyKeywords: 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 physics2004-05-1210.1103/PhysRevA.69.0547012015-12-11