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Vacuum Fluctuations Versus Radiation Reaction

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Coherence and Quantum Optics V

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The apparent indefiniteness in separating vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction is removed by requiring the corresponding rates of variation to have a well defined physical meaning (hermiticity requirements).

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Dalibard, J., Dupont-Roc, J., Cohen-Tannoudji, C. (1984). Vacuum Fluctuations Versus Radiation Reaction. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics V. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0605-5_79

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