Phys. Rev. A 56, 2056–2059 (1997)Lorentz-Lorenz shift in a Bose-Einstein condensateReceived 14 January 1997; revised 8 April 1997; published in the issue dated September 1997 We study the quantum field theory of light-matter interactions for quantum degenerate atomic gases at low light intensity. We argue that the contact interactions between atoms emerging in the dipole gauge may be ignored. Specifically, they are canceled by concurrent infinite level shifts of the atoms. Our development yields the classic Lorentz-Lorenz local-field shift of the atomic resonance. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2056
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2056
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 42.50.Vk, 05.30.Jp
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