Decay of protons and neutrons induced by acceleration
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We investigate the decay of accelerated protons and neutrons. Calculations are carried out in the inertial and coaccelerated frames. Particle interpretation of these processes are quite different in each frame but the decay rates are verified to agree in both cases. For sake of simplicity our calculations are performed in a two-dimensional spacetime since our conclusions are not conceptually affected by this.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9901008,
title = {Decay of protons and neutrons induced by acceleration},
author = {George E. A. Matsas and Daniel A. T. Vanzella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9901008},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages (REVTEX), 3 figures