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Article Dans Une Revue Physics Letters A Année : 1993

Quantum Fluctuations of Mass for a Mirror in Vacuum

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A mirror in vacuum is coupled to fluctuating quantum fields. As a result, its energy-momentum and mass fluctuate. We compute the correlation spectra of force and mass fluctuations for a mirror at rest in vacuum (of a scalar field in a two-dimensional space-time). The obtained expressions agree with a mass correction equal to a vacuum energy stored by the mirror. We introduce a Lagrangian model which consistently describes a scalar field coupled to a scatterer, with inertial mass being a quantum variable.

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hal-00002481 , version 1 (05-08-2004)

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Marc-Thierry Jaekel, Serge Reynaud. Quantum Fluctuations of Mass for a Mirror in Vacuum. Physics Letters A, 1993, 180, pp.9-14. ⟨hal-00002481⟩
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