QED vacuum fluctuations and induced electric dipole moment of the neutron
QED vacuum fluctuations and induced electric dipole moment of the neutron
Quantum fluctuations in the QED vacuum generate nonlinear effects, such as peculiar induced electromagnetic fields. In particular, we show here that an electrically neutral particle, possessing a magnetic dipole moment, develops an induced electric dipole-type moment with unusual angular dependence, when immersed in a quasistatic, constant external electric field. The …