Mirror moving in quantum vacuum of a massive scalar field
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-09-23 v2
Abstract
We present a mirror model moving in the quantum vacuum of a massive scalar field and study its motion under infinitely fluctuating quantum vacuum stress. The model is similar to the one in \cite{PhysRevD.89.085009}, but this time there is no divergent effective mass to weaken the effect of divergent vacuum energy density. We show that this kind of weakening is not necessary. The vacuum friction and strong anti-correlation property of the quantum vacuum are enough to confine the mirror's position fluctuations.
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@article{arxiv.1506.05531,
title = {Mirror moving in quantum vacuum of a massive scalar field},
author = {Qingdi Wang and William G. Unruh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.05531},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages, 1 figure