Spontaneous excitation of a circularly accelerated atom coupled to electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations

We study, using the formalism proposed by Dalibard, Dupont-Roc and Cohen-Tannoudji, the contributions of the vacuum fluctuation and radiation reaction to the rate of change of the mean atomic energy for a circularly accelerated multilevel atom coupled to vacuum electromagnetic fields in the ultrarelativistic limit. We find that the balance between vacuum fluctuation and radiation reaction is broken, which causes spontaneous excitations of accelerated ground state atoms in vacuum. Unlike for a circularly accelerated atom coupled to vacuum scalar fields, the contribution of radiation reaction is also affected by acceleration, and this term takes the same form as that of a linearly accelerated atom coupled to vacuum electromagnetic fields. For the contribution of vacuum fluctuations, we find that in contrast to the linear acceleration case, terms proportional to the Planckian factor are replaced by those proportional to a non-Planck exponential term, and this indicates that the radiation perceived by a circularly orbiting observer is no longer thermal as is in the linear acceleration case. However, for an ensemble of two-level atoms, an effective temperature can be defined in terms of the atomic transition rates, which is found to be dependent on the transition frequency of the atom. Specifically, we calculate the effective temperature as a function of the transition frequency and find that in contrast to the case of circularly accelerated atoms coupled to the scalar field, the effective temperature in the current case is always larger than the Unruh temperature.     

Uniformly Accelerated Charge in a Quantum Field: From Radiation Reaction to Unruh Effect

We present a stochastic theory for the nonequilibriurn dynamics of charges moving in a quantum scalar field based on the worldline influence functional and the close-time-path (CTP or in-in) coarse-grained effective action method. We summarize (1) the steps leading to a derivation of a modified Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac equation whose solutions describe a causal semiclassical theory free of runaway solutions and without pre-acceleration patholigies, and (2) the transformation to a stochastic effective action, which generates Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac-Langevin equations depicting the fluctuations of a particle’s worldline around its semiclassical trajectory. We point out the misconceptions in trying to directly relate radiation reaction to vacuum fluctuations, and discuss how, in the framework that we have developed, an array of phenomena, from classical radiation and radiation reaction to the Unruh effect, are interrelated to each other as manifestations at the classical, stochastic and quantum levels. Using this method we give a derivation of the Unruh effect for the spacetime worldline coordinates of an accelerating charge. Our stochastic particle-field model, which was inspired by earlier work in cosmological backreaction, can be used as an analog to the black hole backreaction problem describing the stochastic dynamics of a black hole event horizon.     

Spontaneous excitation of a circularly accelerated atom coupled with vacuum Dirac field fluctuations

We study the spontaneous excitation of a circularly accelerated atom coupled with vacuum Dirac field fluctuations by separately calculating the contribution to the excitation rate of vacuum fluctuations and a cross term which involves both vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction, and demonstrate that although the spontaneous excitation for the atom in its ground state would occur in vacuum, such atoms in circular motion do not perceive a pure thermal radiation as their counterparts in linear acceleration do since the transition rates of the atom do not contain the Planckian factor characterizing a thermal bath. We also find that the contribution of the cross term that plays the same role as that of radiation reaction in the scalar and electromagnetic fields cases differs for atoms in circular motion from those in linear acceleration. This suggests that the conclusion drawn for atoms coupled with the scalar and electromagnetic fields that the contribution of radiation reaction to the mean rate of change of atomic energy does not vary as the trajectory of the atom changes from linear acceleration to circular motion is not a general trait that applies to the Dirac field where the role of radiation reaction is played by the cross term.     

Response of a uniformly accelerated detector to massless Rarita–Schwinger fields in vacuum

We study the response of a uniformly accelerated detector modeled by a two-level atom nonlinearly coupled to vacuum massless Rarita–Schwinger fields. We first generalize the formalism developed by Dalibard, Dupont-Roc, and Cohen-Tannoudji in the linear coupling case, and we then calculate the mean rate of change of the atomic energy of the accelerated atom. Our result shows that a uniformly accelerated atom in its ground state interacting with vacuum Rarita–Schwinger field fluctuations would spontaneously transition to an excited state and the unique feature in contrast to the case of the atom coupled to the scalar, electromagnetic and Dirac fields is the appearance of terms in the excitation rate which are proportional to the sixth and eighth powers of acceleration.     

非等同两原子与光场相互作用系统的腔场谱

研究了两个二能级原子与单模腔场具有不同耦合常量系统的腔场谱,讨论了量子化光场分别处于不同的光子数态时腔场谱结构随相对耦合常量R变化的新特性。发现随着R由0到1的增加,腔场谱各对应峰峰位相对腔场原共振频率ω0对称偏移;真空场（n=0）的峰高在0〈R〈0．3内变化较快,其拉比峰个数按2→6→4规律变化;弱场（n=1）峰高在0〈R〈0．5内变化较快,其峰数量按2→6→12→9→7规律变化;强场（n=8）峰高在0〈R〈0．1内改变迅速,其峰数量按2→8→11→5规律变化,谱结构显得更加复杂;进一步的计算表明,当n〉〉8时。其峰的数量按3→5→3规律变化。同时发现,R=0和R=1时,峰的数量相对较少。各峰峰高之和由最小单调增至最大,这在物理上反映了原子的协作效应。     

与运动原子相互作用的场的压缩效应

采用量子光学中时间演化算符方法，研究了与运动原子相互作用的场的压缩效应，揭示了光场的初始平均光子数和场模结构参数对光场压缩特性的影响，结果表明：适当选择系统参数，可获得在时间上持续压缩的压缩光。     

克尔介质中"耦合双原子-场"模型的光场压缩效应

利用全量子理论，研究克尔介质中耦合二能级双原子与场相互作用的压缩效应，着重讨论了克尔介质对光场压缩效应的影响，并揭示了初始场强及原子间耦合系数的变化与光场压缩效应的关系。     

纠缠双原子和相干光场作用的光子统计非经典特性

采用数值计算法研究了纠缠双原子和相干光场相互作用中辐射光场光子数分布的演化特性。结果表明,通过和纠缠双原子的相互作用,使得不具有反聚束效应和光子亚泊松分布的相干光场获得了非经典特性。并且初始双原子间的纠缠强度越大,辐射光场的非经典性质越强,说明可以通过选择初始原子状态制备非经典辐射光场。     

Hawking radiation of Dirac particles from soft-hairy black holes

In this paper, we study the Hawking radiation of Dirac particles via tunneling formalism from linearly supertranslated Schwarzschild black holes. We find that the radiation spectrum and the Hawking temperature remain the same as the one without soft hair.     

Casimir Effect of Massive Scalar Field with Hybrid Boundary Condition in （1＋1）-Dimensional Spacetime

The Casimir energy of massive scalar field with hybrid （Diriehlet-Neumann） boundary condition is calculated. In order to regularize the model, the typical methods named as mode summation method and Green＇s function method are used respectively. It is found that the regularized zero-point energy density depends on the scalar field＇s mass. When the field is massless, the result is consistent with previous literatures.     

与非等同双原子相互作用下光场的量子特性

研究了具有不同偶极矩的两个原子与双模压缩真空场相互作用系统中光场的量子特性.讨论了两个原子与双模压缩真空场的相对耦合常数(R=g1/g2)和光场的初始压缩因子r对光场的压缩效应和光子的聚束与反聚束效应的影响.数值计算结果表明,光场量子涨落的震荡幅度、最大压缩深度、压缩时间及二阶相干度的震荡振幅与光场的初始压缩因子r的大小有关.两原子与双模光场的相对耦合常数R影响着光场量子涨落和二阶相干度的震荡规律,因而也影响着压缩时间、光场处于非经典态的时间及光子的反聚束程度,但对光场的压缩深度无明显影响.     

双模腔场与一个V型三能级原子共振相互作用的量子统计性质

采用全量子理论和数值计算方法,研究了初始处于相干态的双模腔场与一个V型三能级原子共振相互作用的量子统计性质,讨论了在没有对原子进行态选择性测量、直接对原子进行态选择性测量和应用经典微波场并对原子进行态选择性测量的三种情况下,腔模平均光子数、耦合系数及相互作用时间对亚泊松统计、模间相干性、光子聚束反聚束效应和违背Cauchy-Schwarz不等式的影响。结果表明:对原子进行态选择性测量后,亚泊松统计特性明显地增强、模间反相关性明显地减弱、Cauchy-Schwarz不等式总是被违背;两个腔模平均光子数差比较大时,对原子进行态选择性测量后,a模腔场总是呈现反聚束效应。     

Spin Squeezing of the Two Two-Level Atoms Interacting with a Binomial Field

Spin squeezing of the two two-level atoms interacting with a binomial field has been investigated with the different initial conditions. It is shown that spin squeezing can be exhibited in the certain range of p and the degree of squeezing is dependent on p.     

与运动二能级原子作用的双模光场的量子特性

用全量子化理论,研究了与运动二能级原子相互作用的双模量子化光场的量子特性,分析了场模结构对平均光子数,单模二阶相干度,两模间的相关性的影响. 研究结果表明,随着场模结构参量的增大,平均光子数回复周期变短,振荡加剧,在崩塌区域内振荡出现分裂, 同时原子运动对光场的二阶相干性有明显的影响.     

形变相干光场与级联型三能级原子相互作用中场的反聚束效应

建立了q形变光场与级联型三能级原子相互作用的非线性理论, 求得相互作用绘景中薛定谔方程的形式解及在其态下的期望值, 利用数值计算揭示了q形变对场与三能级原子相互作用中场反聚束效应的影响. 研究发现q偏离1的程度越大, q形变对场反聚束效应的调控能力越强, 反映出q形变的非线性行为对量子相干性的干扰以及对量子特性的影响. 当q→1时, 恢复为普通线性理论.     

V型三能级原子玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体与双模压缩光场相互作用系统中光场的量子相关性质

研究了V型三能级原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体(BEC)与双模压缩态光场相互作用系统中光场的量子相关特性。结果表明：双模压缩态光场在与原子玻色-爱因斯坦相互作用过程中，其量子相关性质保持不变，完全决定于初始光场。     

纠缠态原子与相干光场作用的量子信息保真度

研究了初始处于纠缠态的双原子与相干光场的相互作用。结果表明,不同的失谐量和初始平均光子数使得系统、原子和光场的量子信息保真度发生改变。     

与非等同双原子相互作用下光场的相干性质

研究了具有不同偶极矩的两个原子与双模压缩真空场相互作用系统中光场的相干性质.讨论了两个原子与双模压缩真空场的相对耦合常量(R=g1/g2)和光场的初始压缩因子r对二阶相干度、光场的模间相关性、Cauchy-Schwartz不等式的影响.结果表明,光场的初始压缩因子较小时,光子的聚束效应和反聚束效应交替出现,且光场的模间相关程度较强.光场的初始压缩因子较大时,光子呈现聚束效应,且模间相关程度较弱.双原子的相对耦合常量R对二阶相干度、光场的模间相关性、Cauchy-Schwartz不等式的时间演化规律有影响,但不能改变光场模间相关的非经典性质.     

两耦合原子与双模二项式光场相互作用系统的腔场谱

研究了高Q腔中具有偶极相互作用的两个等同二能级原子与双模二项式光场相互作用过程的腔场谱,重点研究了两模腔场谱的干涉效应对谱结构的影响。结果表明:两模光场平均场强相等时,每模腔场谱一般出现对称多峰结构。随着初始场强的增加中间3峰趋于iω和ωi±0.7g处,而边峰消失。当两模初始场的频率差Δ大于6g(g为原子与腔场的耦合常量)时,两模间的干涉效应可以忽略;在Δ小于6g时,模间的干涉效应对腔场谱结构有明显的影响;尤其当Δ从1.4g逐渐减少时,模Ⅰ和模Ⅱ的三个主峰开始逐渐重叠,两模腔场谱之间出现了十分明显的干涉现象。     

Dynamics and Recovery of Genuine Multipartite Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Steering and Genuine Multipartite Nonlocality for a Dissipative Dirac System via the Unruh Effect

The dynamics behaviors of genuine multipartite Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen steering (GMS) and genuine multipartite nonlocality (GMN) are investigated herein, and how the lost GMS and GMN under a mixed decoherence system can be recovered is explored. Explicitly, the decoherence system can be modeled by that a tripartite Werner‐type state suffers from the non‐Markovian regimes and one subsystem of the tripartite is under a non‐inertial frame. The conditions for steerable and nonlocal states can be obtained with respect to the tripartite Werner‐type state established initially. GMS and GMN are very fragile and vulnerable under the influence of the collective decoherence. GMS and GMN will vanish with growing intensity of the Unruh effect and the non‐Markovian reservoir. Besides, all achievable GMN's states are steerable, while not every steerable state (GMS's state) can achieve nonlocality. This means that the steering–nonlocality hierarchy is still tenable and GMN's states are a strict subset of the GMS's states in such a scenario. Subsequently, an available methodology to recover the damaged GMS and GMN is proposed. It turns out that the lost GMS and GMN can be effectively restored, and the ability of GMS and GMN to suppress the collective decoherence can be enhanced.