Motion-Induced Radiation Due to an Atom in the Presence of a Graphene Plane

Universe

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FranciscoD. Mazzitelli¹  CésarD. Fosco¹  FernandoC. Lombardo² 

[1] Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche R8402AGP, Argentina;

[2] Departamento de Física Juan José Giambiagi, FCEyN UBA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina;

关键词: dynamical Casimir effect;    quantum friction;    graphene;   

DOI  :  10.3390/universe7050158

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We study the motion-induced radiation due to the non-relativistic motion of an atom, coupled to the vacuum electromagnetic field by an electric dipole term, in the presence of a static graphene plate. After computing the probability of emission for an accelerated atom in empty space, we evaluate the corrections due to the presence of the plate. We show that the effect of the plate is to increase the probability of emission when the atom is near the plate and oscillates along a direction perpendicular to it. On the contrary, for parallel oscillations, there is a suppression. We also evaluate the quantum friction on an atom moving at constant velocity parallel to the plate. We show that there is a threshold for quantum friction: friction occurs only when the velocity of the atom is larger than the Fermi velocity of the electrons in graphene.

【 授权许可】

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