TY - JOUR
T1 - Space-time geometry of quantum dielectrics
AU - Leonhardt, Ulf
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - An atomic matter wave can experience an electromagnetic field as the effective metric. To clarify this, it is postulated that the interaction between light and matter takes on the general form of a metric. The consistency of this idea with previous knowledge is demonstrated.
AB - An atomic matter wave can experience an electromagnetic field as the effective metric. To clarify this, it is postulated that the interaction between light and matter takes on the general form of a metric. The consistency of this idea with previous knowledge is demonstrated.
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UR - http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v62/i1/e012111
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.012111
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.012111
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 62
JO - Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
JF - Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
IS - 1
M1 - 012111
ER -