Thursday, September 5, 2019

quantum electrodynamics - Does the Casimir effect allow to change the lifetime of a radiating atom?



Is it true that a spontaneously light-emitting atom changes its lifetime if it is put between two parallel plates that are so near that they attract each other through the Casimir effect?


Thus: does the Casimir effect, and the changes in the vacuum state it induces, influence spontanenous emission?


If so, who measured this effect for the first time? Where can I read about it?




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