QED Corrections to the Electromagnetic Abraham Force. Casimir Momentum of the Hydrogen atom?
arXiv:1202.5278 · doi:10.1140/epjd/e2012-30118-1
Abstract
We develop a QED approach to find the contribution of the quantum vacuum to the electromagnetic Abraham force. Semi-classical theories predict diverging contributions from the quantum vacuum. We show that the divergencies disappear by Kramers-Bethe mass-renormalization. The finite remainder is compared to the relativistic corrections to the Abraham force. This work generalizes an earlier paper [1], dedicated to the harmonic oscillator, to the hydrogen atom and corrects two subtle errors.
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