Noninertial quantum mechanical fluctuations
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
Zero point quantum fluctuations as seen from non-inertial reference frames are of interest for several reasons. In particular, because phenomena such as Unruh radiation (acceleration radiation) and Hawking radiation (quantum leakage from a black hole) depend intrinsically on both quantum zero-point fluctuations and some appropriate notion of an accelerating vacuum state, any experimental test of zero-point fluctuations in non-inertial frames is implicitly a test of the foundations of quantum field theory, and the Unruh and Hawking effects
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0012083,
title = {Noninertial quantum mechanical fluctuations},
author = {H. C. Rosu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0012083},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
21 pages, 1 figure, final version to appear in the book edited by Novello, Visser, Volovik on artificial black holes