Universal scaling laws for dispersion interactions.
Universal scaling laws for dispersion interactions.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.104.070404
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发表时间:
2010-02
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
S. Buhmann;S. Scheel;J. Babington
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作者:
S. Buhmann;S. Scheel;J. Babington
We study the scaling behavior of dispersion potentials and forces under very general conditions. We prove that a rescaling of an arbitrary geometric arrangement by a factor a changes the atom-atom and atom-body potentials in the long-distance limit by factors 1/a{7} and 1/a{4}, respectively, and the Casimir force per unit area by 1/a{4}. In the short-distance regime, electric and magnetic bodies lead to different scaling behavior. As applications, we present scaling functions for two atom-body potentials and display the equipotential lines of a plate-assisted two-atom potential.