Journal article
Quantum Cherenkov radiation and noncontact friction
- Abstract:
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We present a number of arguments to demonstrate that a quantum analog of the Cherenkov effect occurs when two nondispersive half spaces are in relative motion. We show that they experience friction beyond a threshold velocity which, in their center-of-mass frame, is the phase speed of light within their medium, and the loss in mechanical energy is radiated through the medium before getting fully absorbed in the form of heat. By deriving various correlation functions inside and outside the two...
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- Journal:
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Volume:
- 88
- Issue:
- 4
- Publication date:
- 2013-10-21
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1094-1622
- ISSN:
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1050-2947
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:439723
- UUID:
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- pubs:439723
- Source identifiers:
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439723
- Deposit date:
- 2013-12-13
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- 2013
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