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arxiv: quant-ph/9801073 · v1 · submitted 1998-01-30 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum Fluctuations of Mass for a Mirror in Vacuum

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keywords massmirrorvacuumquantumcoupledfieldfluctuationsscalar
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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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