The retarded van der Waals potential: revisited

DOI10.1063/1.3171922MaRDI QIDQ3069135zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tadahiro Miyao, Herbert Spohn

Publication date 24 January 2011

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.3678

zbMATH Keywords

Casimir effectquantum electrodynamicsvan der Waals forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Atomic physics (81V45)

Abstract: The retarded van-der-Waals potential, as first obtained by Casimir and Polder, is usually computed on the basis of nonrelativistic QED. The hamiltonian describes two infinitely heavy nuclei, charge $e$, separated by a distance $R$ and two spinless electrons, charge $-e$, nonrelativistically coupled to the quantized radiation field. Casimir and Polder use the dipole approximation and small coupling to the Maxwell field. We employ here the full hamiltonian and determine the asymptotic strength of the leading $-R^{-7}$ potential, which is valid for all $e$. Our computation is based on a path integral representation and expands in $1/R$, rather than in $e$.

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