Comment on “Limits of the Measurability of the Local Quantum Electromagnetic-Field Amplitude.

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• Personal Author:
  Hnizdo, Vladimir
• Description:
  It is argued that the findings of a recent reanalysis by Compagno and Persico [Phys. Rev. A 57, 1595 (1998)] of the Bohr-Rosenfeld procedure for the measurement of a single space-time-averaged component of the electromagnetic field are incorrect when the field measurement time is shorter than that required for light to traverse the measurement's test body. To this end, the time-averaged "self-force" on the test body, assumed for simplicity to be of a spherical shape, is evaluated in terms of a one-dimensional quadrature for the general trajectory allowed for the test body by Compagno and Persico, and in closed form for the limiting steplike trajectory used by Bohr and Rosenfeld. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electromagnetic Phenomena Laboratories Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Electromagnetic-energy Electromagnetic-fields Electromagnetic-wave-transmission Laboratory-equipment Laboratory-techniques Laboratory-testing Mathematical-models Statistical-analysis Statistical-quality-control
• ISSN:
  1050-2947
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033421
• Citation:
  Phys Rev, A 1999 Nov; 60(5):4191-4195
• Contact Point Address:
  Vladimir Hnizdo, National Insitute for Occupational Safety and Health, HELD, M/S L-3030, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Physical Review A
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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