32 citations
2 papers
quant-ph2015★ 1 cited
Non-Contact Friction for Ion-Surface Interactions
U. D. Jentschura, G. Lach
Non-contact friction forces are exerted on physical systems through dissipative processes, when the two systems are not in physical contact with each other, or, in quantum mechanic…
quant-ph2014★ 32 cited
One-Loop Dominance in the Imaginary Part of the Polarizability: Application to Blackbody and Non-Contact van der Waals Friction
U. D. Jentschura, G. Lach, M. De Kieviet +1
Phenomenologically important quantum dissipative processes include black-body friction (an atom absorbs counterpropagating blue-shifted photons and spontaneously emits them in all…