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| Author(s): |
Cozzella, Gabriel
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Landulfo, Andre G. S.
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Matsas, George E. A.
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Vanzella, Daniel A. T.
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D; v. 27, n. 11, p. 11-pg., 2018-08-01. |
| Abstract | |
The Unruh effect is essential to keep the consistency of quantum field theory in inertial and uniformly accelerated frames. Thus, the Unruh effect must be considered as well-tested as quantum field theory itself. In spite of it, it would be nice to realize an experiment whose output could be directly interpreted in terms of the Unruh effect. This is not easy because the linear acceleration needed to reach a temperature of 1K is of order 10(20) m/s(2). We discuss here a conceptually simple experiment reachable under present technology, which may accomplish this goal. The inspiration for this proposal can be traced back to Atsushi Higuchi's Ph.D. thesis, which makes it particularly suitable to pay tribute to him on occasion of his 60th anniversary. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/12165-4 - Quantum phenomena in curved spacetimes |
| Grantee: | Daniel Augusto Turolla Vanzela |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/22482-2 - Gravity and quantum field theory |
| Grantee: | George Emanuel Avraam Matsas |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/15084-6 - Semiclassical Gravity, Entanglement, and Information |
| Grantee: | Andre Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/08025-0 - Effects at the quantum-gravitational frontier |
| Grantee: | Gabriel Cozzella |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |