Citation
Xr. Wang et al., Reply to "Comment on 'Dephasing of conduction electrons due to zero-point fluctuation' " - art. no. 117302, PHYS REV B, 6411(11), 2001, pp. 7302-NIL_713
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829
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Volume
6411
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
7302 - NIL_713
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20010915)6411:11<7302:RT"O'O>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We point out that the central theme in the paper by Wang, Xiong, and Wang [
Phys. Rev. B 61, R5090 (2000)] is the inseparability of electron degrees of
freedom and those of electromagnetic field (EMF). The dephasing of conduct
ion electrons due to zero-point fluctuation (ZPF) of EMF is because experim
ents probe electron degrees of freedom only. The treatment of ZPF of EMF in
the above paper is oversimplified, and a proper handling of the effects of
electron-EMF coupling is required.