The Unruh effect and its applications
Oct, 2007
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Abstract: (arXiv)
It has been thirty years since the discovery of the Unruh effect. It has played a crucial role in our understanding that the particle content of a field theory is observer dependent. This effect is important in its own right and as a way to understand the phenomenon of particle emission from black holes and cosmological horizons. Here, we review the Unruh effect with particular emphasis to its applications. We also comment on a number of recent developments and discuss some controversies. Effort is also made to clarify what seems to be common misconceptions.Note:
- 53 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Reviews of Modern Physics
- 04.70.Dy
- 04.62.+v
- 03.70.+k
- Unruh effect
- field theory: scalar
- space-time: Rindler
- detector: acceleration
- vacuum state: Minkowski
- p: semileptonic decay
- bremsstrahlung
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