The Casimir-Polder interaction an atom with spherical shell
Abstract
The Casimir-Polder and van der Waals interaction energy of an atom with infinitely thin sphere with finite conductivity is investigated in the framework of the hydrodynamic approach. We put the sphere into spherical cavity inside the infinite dielectric media, then calculate the energy of vacuum fluctuations in the context of the zeta-function approach. The energy for a single atom is obtained by rarefying media. The Casimir-Polder expression for an atom and plate is recovered in the limit of the infinite radius of the sphere. Assuming a finite radius of the sphere, the interaction energy of an atom falls down monotonic as third power of distance between atom and sphere for short distance and as seventh power for large distance from the sphere.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1402.2537,
title = {The Casimir-Polder interaction an atom with spherical shell},
author = {Nail Khusnutdinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.2537},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Talk given in 8th Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology and the Satellite Symposium on the Casimir Effect, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 29 - June 4, 2011