TY - JOUR

T1 - Long-range interaction of hydrogen atoms at finite temperatures

AU - Залялютдинов, Тимур Амирович

AU - Соловьев, Дмитрий Анатольевич

PY - 2024/1

Y1 - 2024/1

N2 - In this study, we reexamine the long-range interaction between two atoms placed in an equilibrium thermal radiation environment. Employing the formalism of quantum electrodynamics at finite temperatures, we derive an expression for the thermal correction to the interaction potential and explore various asymptotic behaviors. The numerical calculations of temperature-dependent dispersion coefficients for both the ground and highly excited states of the hydrogen atom are performed. We proceed from the first principles of the theory to derive the dipole-dipole interaction at finite temperature. The analysis presented in this work reveals that the expressions established earlier in the context of phenomenological extrapolation from zero- to finite-temperature scenarios exhibit disparate asymptotic behavior and lead to overestimated results to those of the rigorous quantum electrodynamics approach.

AB - In this study, we reexamine the long-range interaction between two atoms placed in an equilibrium thermal radiation environment. Employing the formalism of quantum electrodynamics at finite temperatures, we derive an expression for the thermal correction to the interaction potential and explore various asymptotic behaviors. The numerical calculations of temperature-dependent dispersion coefficients for both the ground and highly excited states of the hydrogen atom are performed. We proceed from the first principles of the theory to derive the dipole-dipole interaction at finite temperature. The analysis presented in this work reveals that the expressions established earlier in the context of phenomenological extrapolation from zero- to finite-temperature scenarios exhibit disparate asymptotic behavior and lead to overestimated results to those of the rigorous quantum electrodynamics approach.

UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.20351

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/659fda07-5b92-3d2f-a66a-1c0743971ae1/

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.012816

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.012816

M3 - Letter

VL - 109

JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

SN - 1050-2947

IS - 1

M1 - 012816

ER -