Dynamical atom-wall Casimir-Polder effect after a sudden change of the atomic position

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06424v2
• Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:26:19 GMT
• Title: Dynamical atom-wall Casimir-Polder effect after a sudden change of the atomic position
• Authors: Antonio Noto, Roberto Passante, Lucia Rizzuto and Salvatore Spagnolo
• Abstract summary: We investigate the time-dependent atom-plate Casimir-Polder force between an atom and a conducting wall. We find that the dynamical atom-plate Casimir-Polder interaction exhibits oscillation in time, and can be attractive or repulsive depending on time and the atom-wall distance.
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• Abstract: We investigate the dynamical Casimir-Polder force between an atom and a conducting wall during the time evolution of the system from a partially dressed state. This state is obtained by a sudden change of the atomic position with respect to the plate. To evaluate the time-dependent atom-plate Casimir-Polder force we solve the Heisenberg equations for the field and atomic operators by an iterative technique. We find that the dynamical atom-plate Casimir-Polder interaction exhibits oscillation in time, and can be attractive or repulsive depending on time and the atom-wall distance. We also investigate the time dependence of global observables, such as the field and atomic Hamiltonians, and discuss some interesting features of the dynamical process bringing the interaction energy to the equilibrium configuration.

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