Condensed matter analogs of the quantum vacuum gravitational awakening effect

• Grant number: 16/17619-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: George Emanuel Avraam Matsas
• Grantee: Patrick Eli Catach
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/09357-9 - Physics and geometry of spacetime, AP.TEM

Abstract

Semiclassical gravity has unveiled some surprising effects as, e.g., Hawking radiation. In spite of its conceptual importance, its impact to astrophysics is neglectable. More recently, however, it was shown how the instability of relativistic stars can be treated in the context of Semiclassical Gravity, known as the vacuum awakening effect. In this project, we intend to look for condensed matter analogs of the vacuum awakening effect.