Probing quantum vacuum geometrical effects with cold atoms
arXiv:0709.2095 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.040405
Abstract
The lateral Casimir-Polder force between an atom and a corrugated surface should allow one to study experimentally non trivial geometrical effects in quantum vacuum. Here, we derive the theoretical expression of this force in a scattering approach that accounts for the optical properties of the corrugated surface. We show that large corrections to the ``proximity force approximation'' could be measured using present-day technology with a Bose-Einstein condensate used as a vacuum field sensor.
4 pages, 3 figures
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