Multipole expansion of the retarded interatomic dispersion energy: derivation from quantum electrodynamics
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| Publication date |
1972
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| Journal |
Physica
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| Volume | Issue number |
59
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| Pages (from-to) |
609-633
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| Number of pages |
25
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Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
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| Abstract |
The multipole expansion of the retarded dispersion energy of two atoms in nondegenerate ground states is derived. The result shows that multipoles of different order may give rise to dispersion energies varying in the same way for large interatomic separations.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-8914(72)90092-4
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