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Disorder in quantum vacuum: Casimir-induced localization of matter waves

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Disordered geometrical boundaries such as rough surfaces induce important modifications to the mode spectrum of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum, and may generate a disordered Casimir interaction between material bodies. In analogy to Anderson localization of waves induced by a random potential, here we show that the Casimir-Polder interaction between a cold atomic sample and a rough surface also produces localization phenomena. These effects, that represent a macroscopic manifestation of disorder in quantum vacuum, should be observable with Bose-Einstein condensates expanding in proximity of rough surfaces.
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G. A. Moreno, R. Messina, D. A. R. Dalvit, A. Lambrecht, P. A. Maia Neto, et al.. Disorder in quantum vacuum: Casimir-induced localization of matter waves. Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105, pp.210401. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.210401⟩. ⟨hal-00503946⟩
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