Matter-field interaction in atomic physics and quantum optics.

abstract

• Almost forty years ago one of us (W.E.L.) noticed that within the analysis of experiments on the hydrogen fine structure the matter-field interaction was sensitive to the choice of gauge when decaying states were used. In the present paper this problem is resolved for the Bethe-Lamb equations in the context of the two-level model with Weisskopf-Wigner decay included. 1987 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev A Gen Phys

author list (cited authors)

• Lamb, W. E., Schlicher, R. R., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 117

complete list of authors

• Lamb, WE||Schlicher, RR||Scully, MO

publication date

• September 1987

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical review. A, General physics  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 9899181

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physreva.36.2763

start page

• 2763

end page

• 2772

volume

• 36

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.36.2763