Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-12-06
Phys.Rev.D73:065022,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
29 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.065022
The influence of electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations in the presence of the perfectly conducting plate on electrons is studied with an interference experiment. The evolution of the reduced density matrix of the electron is derived by the method of influence functional. We find that the plate boundary anisotropically modifies vacuum fluctuations that in turn affect the electron coherence. The path plane of the interference is chosen either parallel or normal to the plate. In the vicinity of the plate, we show that the coherence between electrons due to the boundary is enhanced in the parallel configuration, but reduced in the normal case. The presence of the second parallel plate is found to boost these effects. The potential relation between the amplitude change and phase shift of interference fringes is pointed out. The finite conductivity effect on electron coherence is discussed.
Hsiang Jen-Tsung
Lee Da-Shin
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