{
  "id": "1502.01117",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-02-04T08:16:21.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-02-04T08:16:21.000Z",
  "title": "Friction forces on atoms after acceleration",
  "authors": [
    "Francesco Intravaia",
    "Vanik E. Mkrtchian",
    "Stefan Buhmann",
    "Stefan Scheel",
    "Diego A. R. Dalvit",
    "Carsten Henkel"
  ],
  "comment": "32 pages + 10 pages (appendices), 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The aim of this paper is to revisit the calculation of atom-surface quantum friction in the quantum field theory formulation put forward by Barton [New J. Phys. 12 (2010) 113045]. We show that the power dissipated into field excitations and the associated friction force depend on how the atom is boosted from being initially at rest to a configuration in which it is moving at constant velocity (v) parallel to the planar interface. In addition, we point out that there is a subtle cancellation between the one-photon and part of the two-photon dissipating power, resulting in a leading order contribution to the frictional power which goes as v^4. These results are also confirmed by an alternative calculation of the average radiation force, which scales as v^3.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-02-04T08:16:21.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "acceleration",
      "quantum field theory formulation",
      "atom-surface quantum friction",
      "associated friction force depend",
      "average radiation force"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1088/0953-8984/27/21/214020",
      "journal": "Journal of Physics Condensed Matter",
      "year": 2015,
      "month": "Jun",
      "volume": 27,
      "number": 21,
      "pages": 214020
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 32,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015JPCM...27u4020I"
    }
  }
}