SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FROM AN EXTENDED WAVE-PACKET - FIELD CORRELATIONS

Authors
STEUERNAGEL O PAUL H
Citation
O. Steuernagel et H. Paul, SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FROM AN EXTENDED WAVE-PACKET - FIELD CORRELATIONS, Physical review. A, 53(5), 1996, pp. 2983-2985
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
53
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2983 - 2985
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)53:5<2983:SEFAEW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Utilizing a recently found solution to the problem of a spontaneously radiating atom with an extended center-of-mass wave function [K. Rzaze wski and W. Zakowicz, J. Phys. B 25, L319 (1992)] it is shown, for non relativistic atomic velocities, that the field density matrix is a sta tistical mixture of parts corresponding to emission from different pos itions within the wave packet.