Friction and inertia for a mirror in a thermal field
arXiv:quant-ph/0101081 · doi:10.1016/0375-9601(93)90110-L
Abstract
The force experienced by a mirror moving in vacuum vanishes in the case of uniform velocity or uniform acceleration, as a consequence of spatial symmetries of vacuum. These symmetries do not subsist in a thermal field. We give a general expression of the corresponding viscosity coefficient valid at any temperature and for any reflectivity function. We show that the computed motional force also contains a non vanishing inertial term. The associated mass correction goes to zero in the limiting cases of perfect reflection or of zero temperature.
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