A. J. Faria, H. M. Franca, C. P. Malta, R. C. Sponchiado
Published 2004-09-17Version 1
Dalibard, Dupont-Roc and Cohen-Tannoudji (J. Physique 43 (1982) 1617; 45 (1984) 637) used the Heisenberg picture to show that the atomic transitions, and the stability of the ground state, can only be explained by introducing radiation reaction and vacuum fluctuation forces. Here we consider the simple case of nonrelativistic charged harmonic oscillator, in one dimension, to investigate how to take into account the radiation reaction and vacuum fluctuation forces within the Schrodinger picture. We consider classical vacuum fields and large mass oscillator.
Comments: 7 pages. To be published in "Quanta, Relativity and Electromagnetism: The Search for Unity in Physics", Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of Jean-Pierre Vigier (Paris, September, 2003). Kluwer Academic Publishers
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