1999/06/30 by Carsten Henkel, Sierk Poetting, Sierk Pötting +1 · 240 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Engineering #Environmental science #Materials science #Nuclear engineering #Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s003400050823
published in Applied Physics B 69(5-6), 379-387 (Springer Science+Business Media) · Slightly modified manuscript, as accepted for publication in Appl. Phys. B (04 oct 1999). 10 pages, 5 .eps figures, LaTeX uses Springer style file svjour
arxiv created 1999/10/11 · openalex publication_date 1999/12/01 · arxiv updated 2021/08/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We derive the life time and loss rate for a trapped particle that is coupled to fluctuating fields in the vicinity of a room-temperature metallic and/or dielectric surface. Our results indicate a clear predominance of near field effects over ordinary blackbody radiation. We develop a theoretical framework for both charged and neutral particles with and without spin. Loss processes that are due to a transition to an untrapped internal state are included.