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espect to ground is<br />

Figure 8-2: Diagram of the model used in our calculations.<br />

V = ec<br />

<br />

ln<br />

4πǫ0<br />

H + h1<br />

H − h1<br />

<br />

+ ln<br />

H + h2<br />

H − h2<br />

<br />

. (8.1)<br />

To obtain the coupling rate, we need to know how the induced charges in the wire due<br />

to one ion affect the electric potential seen by the other ion. We write down the potential<br />

energy of each ion due to the induced charge in the wire as<br />

Ui = ecV<br />

α ln<br />

H + hi<br />

H − hi<br />

<br />

, (8.2)<br />

where i = 1,2 indexes the ions and the geometric constant α = ln [(2H − a)/a].<br />

Equipped with this potential energy, we can calculate the coupling constant from its<br />

second derivative. First, we switch to a more convenient coordinate system, in which the<br />

height of the ion hi is equal to its equilibrium height h0i added to its displacement from<br />

equilibrium zi. The coupling constant is given by<br />

γ ≡ ∂2 (U1 + U2)<br />

∂z1∂z2<br />

=<br />

2e 2 cH 2<br />

πǫ0αL(H 2 − h 2 1 )(H2 − h 2 2 ).<br />

(8.3)<br />

Given the fact that each ion is in a separate harmonic trap, we can write the full system<br />

Hamiltonian:<br />

H = p21 1<br />

+<br />

2m 2 mω2z 2 1 + p22 1<br />

+<br />

2m 2 mω2z 2 2 + γz1z2 , (8.4)<br />

where γz1z2 is the lowest-order interaction term between the two ions.<br />

The solution to this equation is quite well known in the classical case. For higher<br />

temperatures, this approach would be approximately correct. However, in the quantum-<br />

mechanical case the solution is a bit more difficult. Ref. [EKN68] considers both the resonant<br />

case (ω1 = ω2) exactly, as well as in the rotating wave approximation. These two approaches<br />

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