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Measurement of the Temperature Dependence of the Casimir-Polder Force

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We report on the first measurement of a temperature dependence of the Casimir-Polder force. This measurement was obtained by positioning a nearly pure 87 Rb Bose-Einstein condensate a few microns from a dielectric substrate and exciting its dipole oscillation. Changes in the collective oscillation frequency of the magnetically trapped atoms result from spatial variations in the surface-atom force. In our experiment, the dielectric substrate is heated up to 605 K, while the surrounding environment is kept near room temperature (310 K). The effect of the Casimir-Polder force is measured to be nearly 3 times larger for a 605 K substrate than for a room-temperature substrate, showing a clear temperature dependence in agreement with theory.
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hal-02964046 , version 1 (12-10-2020)

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J. M. Obrecht, Robert J. Wild, Mauro Antezza, Lev P. Pitaevskii, Sandro Stringari, et al.. Measurement of the Temperature Dependence of the Casimir-Polder Force. Physical Review Letters, 2007, 98 (6), pp.063201. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.063201⟩. ⟨hal-02964046⟩

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