Resonant paramagnetic enhancement of the thermal and zero-point Nyquist noise

Abstract

The interaction between a very thin macroscopic solenoid, and a single magnetic particle precessing in a external magnetic field B 0, is described by taking into account the thermal and the zero-point fluctuations of stochastic electrodynamics. The inductor belongs to a RLC circuit without batteries and the random motion of the magnetic dipole generates in the solenoid a fluctuating current I dip( t), and a fluctuating voltage ε dip( t), with spectral distribution quite different from the Nyquist noise. We show that the mean square value 〈 I dip 2〉 presents an enormous variation when the frequency of precession approaches the frequency of the circuit, but it is still much smaller than the Nyquist current in the circuit. However, we also show that 〈 I dip 2〉 can reach measurable values if the inductor is interacting with a macroscopic sample of magnetic particles (atoms or nuclei) which are close enough to its coils.