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Resonance interaction of two entangled atoms accelerating between two mirrors

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We study the resonance interaction between two entangled identical atoms coupled to a quantized scalar field vacuum and accelerating between two mirrors. We show how radiative processes of the two-atom entangled state can be manipulated by the atomic configuration undergoing non-inertial motion. Incorporating the Heisenberg picture with symmetric operator ordering, the vacuum fluctuation and the self-reaction contributions are distinguished. We evaluate the resonance energy shift and the relaxation rate of energy of the two-atom system from the self-reaction contribution in the Heisenberg equation of motion. We investigate the variation of these two quantities with relevant parameters such as acceleration, interatomic distance and position with respect to the boundaries. We show that both the energy level shift and the relaxation rate can be controlled by tuning the above parameters.

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Chatterjee, R., Gangopadhyay, S. & Majumdar, A.S. Resonance interaction of two entangled atoms accelerating between two mirrors. Eur. Phys. J. D 75, 179 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00191-8

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