DOES A UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED QUANTUM OSCILLATOR RADIATE

被引:96
作者
RAINE, DJ
SCIAMA, DW
GROVE, PG
机构
[1] UNITED KINGDOM HOME OFF,RES & PLANNING UNIT,LONDON SW1H 9AT,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,INST ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HA,ENGLAND
[3] INT CTR THEORET PHYS,I-34100 TRIESTE,ITALY
[4] SCUOLA INT SUPER STUDI AVANZATI,TRIESTE,ITALY
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 1991年 / 435卷 / 1893期
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10.1098/rspa.1991.0139
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Does a quantum system, with no long-range interaction, which is uniformly accelerated through the Minkowski vacuum radiate as a result of excitation by the Unruh-Davies heat bath? We address this question by considering the effect on an inertial harmonic oscillator (the 'detector') of a uniformly accelerated oscillator in the vacuum of a scalar field. We find that, contrary to the more prevalent view in the literature, if we take into account all the quantum correlations present in this experiment then no radiation will be detected.
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页码:205 / 215
页数:11
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