Acceleration and radiation: classical and quantum electromagnetic and gravitational

• Grant number: 17/50388-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: July 01, 2018 - June 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Convênio/Acordo: Texas A&M University
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Andre Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo
• Grantee: Andre Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo
• Principal researcher abroad: Stephen Albert Fulling
• Institution abroad: Texas A&M University, United States
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/15084-6 - Semiclassical Gravity, Entanglement, and Information, AP.R

Abstract

The process of radiation by a uniformly accelerated charge, although both fundamental and elementary, has long been a subject of controversy. The conceptual issues are intensified when gravity is brought into the picture, and they have come even more to the fore now that a related effect in quantum theory (named after Unruh), which usually deals with a neutral system with internal degrees of freedom rather than a charge, has attracted sustained attention. The crucial (and counter-intuitive) point is that the acceleration of the observer, or measuring instrument, is also relevant. The Pls believe that they are well qualified to bring clarity into this subject by both original theoretical research and review of the large literature of these topics. Besides cleaning up loopholes in basic physics, the project may have implications for two major experimental projects: LIGO (for the detection of gravitational waves) and DUNE (for the study of neutrino mixing). More immediately, the past and present work of the Brazilian team can contribute to clarification of theoretical predictions by members of the TAMU quantum optics group concerning the behavior of atoms falling into a black hole; and TAMU atomic experimentalists can offer technical advice on the Brazilian group's proposal for observing the Unruh effect using classical electrodynamics. Thus the Sao Paulo and TAMU teams will profit from each other's expertise and, we hope, seed a long-standing collaboration. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

COZZELLA, GABRIEL; FULLING, STEPHEN A.; LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.; VANZELLA, DANIEL A. T.. Unruh effect for mixing neutrinos. Physical Review D, v. 97, n. 10, MAY 29 2018. (16/08025-0, 13/12165-4, 17/15084-6, 17/50388-6, 15/22482-2)

COZZELLA, GABRIEL; FULLING, STEPHEN A.; LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.; VANZELLA, DANIEL A. T.. Unruh effect for mixing neutrinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 97, n. 10, p. 9-pg., 2018-05-29. (16/08025-0, 17/15084-6, 13/12165-4, 15/22482-2, 17/50388-6)

LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; FULLING, STEPHEN A.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.. Classical and quantum aspects of the radiation emitted by a uniformly accelerated charge: Larmor-Unruh reconciliation and zero-frequency Rindler modes. Physical Review D, v. 100, n. 4, AUG 22 2019. (17/15084-6, 17/50388-6)

LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; FULLING, STEPHEN A.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.. Classical and quantum aspects of the radiation emitted by a uniformly accelerated charge: Larmor-Unruh reconciliation and zero-frequency Rindler modes. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 100, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2019-08-22. (17/15084-6, 17/50388-6)