Comparison of the hydrodynamic and Dirac models of the dispersion interaction between graphene and H, He${}^{\ast }$, or Na atoms

Abstract

The van der Waals and Casimir-Polder interaction of different atoms with graphene is investigated using the Dirac model which assumes that the energy of quasiparticles is linear with respect to the momentum. The obtained results for the van der Waals coefficients of hydrogen atoms and molecules and atoms of metastable He${}^{\ast }$ and Na as a function of separation are compared with respective results found using the hydrodynamic model of graphene. It is shown that, regardless of the value of the gap parameter, the Dirac model leads to much smaller values of the van der Waals coefficients than the hydrodynamic model. The experiment on quantum reflection of metastable He${}^{\ast }$ and Na atoms on graphene is proposed which is capable to discriminate between the two models of the electronic structure of graphene. In this respect the parameters of the phenomenological potential for both these atoms interacting with graphene described by different models are determined.

15 pages, 4 figures

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