Title: Quadrupolar contributions to the atom-surface Van der Waals interaction
Abstract: The problem of the quadropolar contribution to the atom-surface Van der Waals interaction, as discussed by Jiang et al. [Surface Sci. 145 (1984) 281; 148 (1984) 21], is re-examined. It is shown that this earlier work neglects an important contribution associated with quadrupolar fluctuations in the solid. A simplified treatment demonstrates how these contributions are expected to arise in a more general theory.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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