Cosmic Problems for Condensed Matter Experiment
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Condensed matter analogs of the cosmological environment have raised the hope that laboratory experiments can be done to test theoretical ideas in cosmology. I will describe Unruh's sonic analog of a black hole (``dumbhole'') that can be used to test Hawking radiation, and some recent proposals on how one might be able to create a dumbhole in the lab. In this context, I also discuss an experiment already done on the Helium-3 AB system by the Lancaster group.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0404480,
title = {Cosmic Problems for Condensed Matter Experiment},
author = {Tanmay Vachaspati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0404480},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages. Based on talk given at Lammi conference on Quantum Phenomena at Low Temperature