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Stirring the quantum vacuum: Angular Casimir Momentum of a Landau Charge

Quantum Physics 2019-11-27 v1

Abstract

We consider the angular momentum of a charge q rotating in a homogeneous magnetic field and study the role of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum. Its orbital angular momentum is caused by the recoil of energetic vacuum photons that grows as n^2, i.e. faster than the kinetic angular momentum -2n\hbar of a Landau level.

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@article{arxiv.1909.07198,
  title  = {Stirring the quantum vacuum: Angular Casimir Momentum of a Landau Charge},
  author = {Bart van Tiggelen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07198},
  year   = {2019}
}