Laboratory soft x-ray emission due to the Hawking-Unruh effect?
Dec, 2007
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The structure of spacetime, quantum field theory, and thermodynamics are all connected through the concepts of the Hawking and Unruh temperatures. The possible detection of the related radiation constitutes a fundamental test of such subtle connections. Here a scheme is presented for the detection of Unruh radiation based on currently available laser systems. By separating the classical radiation from the Unruh-response in frequency space, it is found that the detection of Unruh radiation is possible in terms of soft x-ray photons using current laser-electron beam technology. The experimental constraints are discussed and a proposal for an experimental design is given.- 04.70.Dy
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- black hole
- radiation: Hawking
- Unruh effect
- electron: acceleration
- laser: beam
- X-ray: emission
- numerical calculations
- proposed experiment
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