Casimir--Polder induced Rydberg macrodimers
arXiv:1909.08377 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.062508
Abstract
We theoretically investigate Rydberg atom pair potentials of Rb atoms in front of a perfectly conducting plate. The pair potentials are perturbed by both the Casimir--Polder potential acting on a single atom and the scattering contribution to the interatomic interaction. In contrast to the pair potentials in free space, at atom-surface distances m, avoided crossings appear. In the associated potential wells that are entirely due to dispersion interactions with the surface, there exist vibrational bound states, i.e. Rydberg macrodimers, with groundstate energies of up to MHz and radial expectation values of the order of several m.
arXiv comment6 pages, 6 figures
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