{
  "id": "1304.6767",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-04-24T22:20:43.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-10-09T07:48:40.000Z",
  "title": "Casimir Momentum of a Chiral Molecule in a Magnetic Field",
  "authors": [
    "Manuel Donaire",
    "Bart van Tiggelen",
    "Geert L. J. A. Rikken"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages + Supplemental material",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 143602 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.143602",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.chem-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "In a classical description, a neutral, polarizable object acquires a kinetic momentum when exposed to crossed electric and magnetic fields. In the presence of only a magnetic field no such momentum exists classically, although it is symmetry-allowed for an object lacking mirror symmetry. We perform a full QED calculation to show that the quantum vacuum coupled to a chiral molecule provides a kinetic \"Casimir\" momentum directed along the magnetic field, proportional to its rotatory power and the fine structure constant.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2013-10-09T07:48:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "42.50.Ct",
      "32.60.+i",
      "32.10.Fn",
      "11.10.-z"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "magnetic field",
      "chiral molecule",
      "casimir momentum",
      "object lacking mirror symmetry",
      "fine structure constant"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 111,
      "number": 14,
      "pages": 143602
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1230410,
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvL.111n3602D"
    }
  }
}