Dressed-state approach to a simple radiating atom
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v4
Abstract
We consider a system consisting of an atom in the dipole approximation, coupled to the electromagnetic field. Using recently introduced renormalized coordinates and dressed states, we give a non-perturbative solution to the atom radiation process. From this formalism a non-exponential decay law naturally emerges. However, at least for low frequencies and weak coupling, there is only a very small, practically non-detectable, deviation from a purely exponential decay, in agreement with all previous results in the literature.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0312003,
title = {Dressed-state approach to a simple radiating atom},
author = {G. Flores-Hidalgo and A. P. C. Malbouisson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0312003},
year = {2009}
}
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