Interpretation of Radiative Corrections in Spontaneous Emission

Peter W. Milonni, Jay R. Ackerhalt, and Wallace Arden Smith
Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 958 – Published 8 October 1973
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Abstract

Whether the origin of radiative line shifts and widths in spontaneous emission should be attributed to vacuum field fluctuations or to quantum electrodynamic radiation reaction is shown to depend on the ordering of commuting atomic and field operators.

  • Received 26 June 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.958

©1973 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Peter W. Milonni and Jay R. Ackerhalt

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Wallace Arden Smith

  • Department of Physics, City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10031

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Vol. 31, Iss. 15 — 8 October 1973

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