Body-assisted van der Waals interaction between two atoms (17 pages)
Body-assisted van der Waals interaction between two atoms (17 pages)
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DOI：
10.1103/physreva.74.042101
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发表时间：
2006-06
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
H. Safari;S. Buhmann;D. Welsch;H. T. Dung
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作者：
H. Safari;S. Buhmann;D. Welsch;H. T. Dung
Using fourth-order perturbation theory, a general formula for the van der Waals potential of two neutral, unpolarized, ground-state atoms in the presence of an arbitrary arrangement of dispersing and absorbing magnetodielectric bodies is derived. The theory is applied to two atoms in bulk material and in front of a planar multilayer system, with special emphasis on the cases of a perfectly reflecting plate and a semi-infinite half space. It is demonstrated that the enhancement and reduction of the two-atom interaction due to the presence of a perfectly reflecting plate can be understood, at least in the nonretarded limit, by using the method of image charges. For the semi-infinite half space, both analytical and numerical results are presented.
