ELECTROMAGNETIC VACUUM FLUCTUATIONS AND ELECTRON COHERENCE

被引：55

作者：

FORD, LH

机构：

[1] Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1993年 / 47卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.47.5571

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The coupling of the quantized electromagnetic field to coherent electrons is investigated. The effects both of photon emission and of the electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations upon electron interference are analyzed. The modifications of the vacuum fluctuations due to a conducting plate lead to a decrease in the amplitude of the interference oscillations. The possibility of observing this effect is discussed. It is also shown that there is an analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in which electron interference is sensitive to vacuum fluctuations in regions from which the electrons axe excluded.

引用

页码：5571 / 5580

页数：10

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