Dispersive interaction between an atom and a conducting sphere
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We calculate the van der Waals dispersive interaction between a neutral but polarizable atom and a perfectly conducting isolated sphere in the nonretarded case. We make use of two separate models, one being the semiclassical fluctuating-dipoles method, the other using ordinary quantum mechanics.
11 pages, 3 figures
11 pages, 3 figures