QED Phenomenology and Applications |
In General
> s.a. phenomenology of magnetism [maximum value of B, plasmas].
@ General references: Leuchs et al APB(10)-a1005 [permittivity and permeability of free space].
@ Tests: Clauser PRA(72) [semiclassical, experimental limitations];
Sternheim AJP(72)oct [RL];
Drell PhyA(79);
Foot & Stacey PW(90)sep.
@ Field measurements: Compagno & Persico PRA(98) [criticism of Bohr-Rosenfeld];
Morgan a1709 [classical states].
@ And electron self-energy: de Souza JPA(97)ht/96;
Bovy phy/06/SHPMP [history].
Lamb Shift > s.a. non-commutative
field theory; quantum equivalence principle.
* Idea: A shift in the
atomic energy levels, due to the effects on the electron self-energy of
its interaction with the quantized (transverse) electromagnetic field.
* Experiment: 2000, It is still
the effect that has been measured with the highest precision in physics; Now
being tested with 91U atoms (proton size
uncertainty less important, effect stronger than in lighter atoms), in which the
electron feels an electric field of 1016 V/m
[@ Stöhlker et al PRL(00)]; 2010, The muonic hydrogen lamb shift has been measured
with high accuracy, allowing for a precise determination of the proton radius [@ Pohl
et al Nat(10)jul].
@ General references:
Lamb & Retherford PR(47);
Bethe PR(47);
Welton PR(48) [and field fluctuations];
Belinfante PR(53);
Power AJP(66)jun [and zero-point energy];
in Sakurai 67;
Levich 73, v3, p543ff;
Barut & Kraus FP(83) [non-perturbative];
Barut & Van Huele PRA(85),
Barut & Dowling PRA(87) [without field quantization];
Dowling FP(98) [classical];
focus Phy(12) [history];
Efremov a1912 [in heavy atoms];
news sn(20)feb [in anti-H].
@ Two-loop effect: Yerokhin et al PRA(05) [calculation, H-like Z ≥ 10 ions];
Czarnecki et al PRL(05) [calculation, S, P, D states];
Beiersdorfer et al PRL(05)
+ pn(05)nov [measurement, Li-like U ions].
@ Related topics: Zhou & Yu PRD(10)-a1101 [static atoms outside a Schwarzschild black hole],
JHEP(12)-a1204 [curvature-induced corrections];
Meir et al PRL(14) [cooperative Lamb shift measured in a mesoscopic atomic array];
Balachandran MPLA(16)-a1509 [breaking of Lorentz invariance and color];
Rentrop et al PRX(16)
+ Guarrera Phy(16) [phononic analog];
Stasiuk et al a2101 [generalized collective effect].
In External Fields and Media
@ External fields:
Alexandre PRD(01),
PRD(01);
Marecki ht/03;
Akhmedov & Musaev NJP(09) [background electric field];
Gies et al NJP(15)-a1412 [reflection of photons off inhomogeneous strong-field regions];
> s.a. particle effects [creation].
@ Dielectrics:
Matloob PRA(04) [linear, isotropic];
Suttorp & Wubs PRA(04)qp [inhomogeneous, absorptive];
Eberlein & Robaschik PRD(06)qp/05 [photons and electrons near dielectric half-plane];
Kheirandish & Amooshahi PRA(06)qp/05 [isotropic];
Bimonte JPA(10)-a0902 [macroscopic, and conductors].
@ Dispersive media: Rosa et al a0912-fs [dissipative dielectric medium];
Klich PRL(12)-a1109 [entanglement];
Horsley & Philbin NJP(14)-a1309 [canonical];
Lang et al a1912
[dielectric medium with dispersion and dissipation];
> s.a. dispersion [including in vacuum].
@ Other types of media:
Matloob PRA(99) [absorbing medium];
Matloob PRA(05) [moving medium];
Raabe et al PRA(07)qp/06 [linear media];
Crenshaw a0902 [linear media, and boundary conditions];
Pedrosa & Rosas PRL(09) [time-dependent linear media];
Krattenthaler et al IJTP(13)-a1301 [randomly varying dielectric];
Rubio López & Lombardo a1411 [inhomogeneous anisotropic];
Quesada & Sipe OL(17)-a1707 [non-linear media].
Other Effects and Topics
> s.a. atomic physics; Casimir-Polder Force;
effective field theory; photon; QED;
radiation; vacuum.
* Particle creation by photons:
In 1934 Breit and Wheeler worked out the production of \(e^+e^-\) pairs in photon
collisions, but thought that it would be "hopeless to try to observe the pair
formation in laboratory experiments".
@ Types of states:
Grotch & Owen FP(02) [bound states, methods];
Pathak & Agarwal PRA(05)qp/04 [mesoscopic states, superposition];
Kay a2003
[product picture, states for charged matter entangled with longitudinal photons].
@ Particle interactions: Breit & Wheeler PR(34) [particle creation by photons];
Arbuzov JHEP(03) [muon decay, higher-order];
Low AP(04) [electron in weak, uniform E field];
Shabad & Usov PRL(07)-a0705 [modified Coulomb law in a strongly magnetized vacuum];
Pike et al nPhot(14)may
+ news guard(14)may [proposed test of the Breit-Wheeler process];
> s.a. modified QED [Lorentz and CPT violations].
@ Atoms: Loinger NCA(87), NCA(90) [stability];
Mohr et al PRP(98) [corrections in heavy atoms];
Belyanin et al qp/05 [accelerated];
Artemyev et al PRA(05) [He-like atoms, n = 1, 2];
Fröhlich & Pizzo CMP(09) [absence of excited eigenstates];
Scheel & Buhmann APS(08)-a0902 [macroscopic QED, review];
Lazur et al TMP(09) [two distant electrons near different nuclei];
Könenberg et al RVMP(11) [hydrogenlike];
Zohar et al PRL(12)-a1204 [simulating compact Quantum Electrodynamics with ultracold atoms];
Könenberg et al a1207-proc [hydrogenlike];
Barbaroux & Vugalter RVMP(14)-a1306 [hydrogen binding energy];
Biguaa & Kassandrov PPN-a2101 [electron self-field in H atom].
@ Cavity QED:
Haroche & Kleppner PT(89)jan;
Haroche & Raimond SA(93)apr;
Berman ed-94;
Skagerstam qp/05 [collective effects];
Larson & Stenholm PRA(06)qp/05 [adiabaticity];
Matrasulov et al PLA(09) [finite-T effects];
in Chang & Ge 17;
Davoudi et al PRD(19)-a1810 [finite-volume corrections];
Stargen et al PRD(19)-a1907 [polymer quantization and gravitational-wave interferometry];
> s.a. quantum-to-classical transition.
@ And nanosystems: Masood a1204;
Bimonte et al ARCMP(17)-a1606 [Fluctuational QED, thermal radiation and heat transfer];
> s.a. thermal radiation.
@ Related topics: Shabad & Usov PRL(06)
+ pw(06)may [maximum B field, and positronium];
Polonyi PRD(06) [quantum-classical crossover];
Buchholz et al AP(01) [charge non-localization];
Langford a1310-ln [circuit QED].
> In gravity and astrophysics:
see neutron stars; quantum field theory
in curved backgrounds [Casimir-Polder-like force]; quantum-gravity phenomenology.
> Other: see Bhabha Scattering;
casimir effect; Cerenkov Effect;
diffraction; duality; entanglement;
fluctuations; locality;
Momentum; polarization [vacuum birefringence];
radiation reaction; wave phenomena;
zeno effect.
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