Unruh effect analog in condensed matter

• Grant number: 17/26809-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2018
• End date: February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: George Emanuel Avraam Matsas
• Grantee: João Paulo Cardoso Ramos Rodrigues
• 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 provided some surprising predictions among which the Unruh effect is a very paradigmatic one. In this MSc project we aim to investigate analogs of the Unruh effect in condensed matter systems. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

BARROS, GUILHERME B.; RODRIGUES, JOAO P. C. R.; LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.. Traces of the Unruh effect in surface waves. Physical Review D, v. 101, n. 6, MAR 24 2020. (17/26809-1, 17/15084-6)

BARROS, GUILHERME B.; RODRIGUES, JOAO P. C. R.; LANDULFO, ANDRE G. S.; MATSAS, GEORGE E. A.. Traces of the Unruh effect in surface waves. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 101, n. 6, p. 7-pg., 2020-03-24. (17/26809-1, 17/15084-6)