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Main Author: Henkel, Carsten
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00666
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contents In a conducting medium held at finite temperature, free carriers are performing Brownian motion and generate fluctuating electromagnetic fields. We compute the averaged Lorentz force density that turns out nonzero in a thin sub-surface layer, pointing towards the surface, while vanishing in the bulk. This is an elementary example of rectified fluctuations, similar to the Casimir force or radiative heat transport. Our results also provide an experimental way to distinguish between the Drude and so-called plasma models.
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spellingShingle Rectified Lorentz Force from Thermal Current Fluctuations
Henkel, Carsten
Quantum Physics
In a conducting medium held at finite temperature, free carriers are performing Brownian motion and generate fluctuating electromagnetic fields. We compute the averaged Lorentz force density that turns out nonzero in a thin sub-surface layer, pointing towards the surface, while vanishing in the bulk. This is an elementary example of rectified fluctuations, similar to the Casimir force or radiative heat transport. Our results also provide an experimental way to distinguish between the Drude and so-called plasma models.
title Rectified Lorentz Force from Thermal Current Fluctuations
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00666