Dissipative Effects on Quantum Sticking

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2010-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/1012.4405v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 173202 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

10 pages, 0 figs

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.173202

Using variational mean-field theory, many-body dissipative effects on the threshold law for quantum sticking and reflection of neutral and charged particles are examined. For the case of an ohmic bosonic bath, we study the effects of the infrared divergence on the probability of sticking and obtain a non-perturbative expression for the sticking rate. We find that for weak dissipative coupling $\alpha$, the low energy threshold laws for quantum sticking are modified by an infrared singularity in the bath. The sticking probability for a neutral particle with incident energy $E\to 0$ behaves asymptotically as ${\it s}\sim E^{(1+\alpha)/2(1-\alpha)}$; for a charged particle, we obtain ${\it s}\sim E^{\alpha/2(1-\alpha)}$. Thus, "quantum mirrors" --surfaces that become perfectly reflective to particles with incident energies asymptotically approaching zero-- can also exist for charged particles.

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