Momentum transfer from quantum vacuum to magnetoelectric matter

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2006

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KRSTIC, VOJISLAV

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B. A. van Tiggelen, G. L. J. A. Rikken, and V. Krstic, Momentum transfer from quantum vacuum to magnetoelectric matter, Physical Review Letters, 96, 13, 2006, 1-4

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Abstract:

A recent publication [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 020404 (2004)PRLTAO0031-900710. 1103/PhysRevLett.92.020404] raises the possibility of momentum transfer from zero-point quantum fluctuations to matter, controlled by applied electric and magnetic fields. We present a Lorentz-invariant description using field-theoretical regularization techniques. We find no momentum transfer for homogeneous media, but predict a very small transfer for a Casimir-type geometry.