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quant-ph2009★ 39 cited
Negative Energy Densities in Quantum Field Theory
L. H. Ford
Quantum field theory allows for the suppression of vacuum fluctuations, leading to sub-vacuum phenomena. One of these is the appearance of local negative energy density. Selected a…
quant-ph2009★ 21 cited
Effects of Vacuum Fluctuation Suppression on Atomic Decay Rates
L. H. Ford, Thomas A. Roman
The use of atomic decay rates as a probe of sub-vacuum phenomena will be studied. Because electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations are essential for radiative decay of excited atomic st…
quant-ph2009★ 14 cited
A Fluid Analog Model for Boundary Effects in Field Theory
L. H. Ford, N. F. Svaiter
Quantum fluctuations in the density of a fluid with a linear phonon dispersion relation are studied. In particular, we treat the changes in these fluctuations due to non-classical…