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| Author(s): |
Cozzella, Gabriel
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Landulfo, Andre G. S.
;
Matsas, George E. A.
;
Vanzella, Daniel A. T.
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Physical Review Letters; v. 118, n. 16 APR 21 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 11 |
| Abstract | |
Although the Unruh effect can be rigorously considered as well tested as free quantum field theory itself, it would be nice to provide experimental evidence of its existence. This is not easy because the linear acceleration needed to reach a temperature 1 K is of order 10(20) m/s(2). Here, we propose a simple experiment reachable under present technology whose result may be directly interpreted in terms of the Unruh thermal bath. Instead of waiting for experimentalists to perform it, we use standard classical electrodynamics to anticipate its output and fulfill our goal. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/08025-0 - Effects at the quantum-gravitational frontier |
| Grantee: | Gabriel Cozzella |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/22482-2 - Gravity and quantum field theory |
| Grantee: | George Emanuel Avraam Matsas |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/26307-8 - Semiclassical gravity and Quantum Information Theory |
| Grantee: | Andre Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/12165-4 - Quantum phenomena in curved spacetimes |
| Grantee: | Daniel Augusto Turolla Vanzela |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |