Unruh effect in the general light-front frame
Abstract
We study the phenomenon of Unruh effect in a massless scalar field theory quantized on the light front in the general light-front frame. We determine the uniformly accelerating coordinates in such a frame and through a direct transformation show that the propagator of the theory has a thermal character in the uniformly accelerating coordinate system with a temperature given by Tolman's law. We also carry out a systematic analysis of this phenomenon from the Hilbert space point of view and show that the vacuum of this theory appears as a thermal vacuum to a Rindler observer with the same temperature as given by Tolman's law.
- Authors:
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0171 (United States)
- Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para 66075-110 (Brazil)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 20709320
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.105018; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; COORDINATES; HILBERT SPACE; LIGHT CONE; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; TRANSFORMATIONS
Citation Formats
Das, Ashok, Frenkel, J, and Perez, Silvana. Unruh effect in the general light-front frame. United States: N. p., 2005.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.105018.
Das, Ashok, Frenkel, J, & Perez, Silvana. Unruh effect in the general light-front frame. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.105018
Das, Ashok, Frenkel, J, and Perez, Silvana. 2005.
"Unruh effect in the general light-front frame". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.105018.
@article{osti_20709320,
title = {Unruh effect in the general light-front frame},
author = {Das, Ashok and Frenkel, J and Perez, Silvana},
abstractNote = {We study the phenomenon of Unruh effect in a massless scalar field theory quantized on the light front in the general light-front frame. We determine the uniformly accelerating coordinates in such a frame and through a direct transformation show that the propagator of the theory has a thermal character in the uniformly accelerating coordinate system with a temperature given by Tolman's law. We also carry out a systematic analysis of this phenomenon from the Hilbert space point of view and show that the vacuum of this theory appears as a thermal vacuum to a Rindler observer with the same temperature as given by Tolman's law.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.71.105018},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20709320},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = 10,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}
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