Quantum Vacuum Instability Near Rotating Stars
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-22 v2
Abstract
We discuss the Starobinskii-Unruh process for the Kerr black hole. We show how this effect is related to the theory of squeezed states. We then consider a simple model for a highly relativistic rotating star and show that the Starobinskii-Unruh effect is absent.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9212004,
title = {Quantum Vacuum Instability Near Rotating Stars},
author = {A L Matacz and A C Ottewill and P C W Davies},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9212004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
17 Pages, (accepted by PRD), (previously incorrect header files have been corrected)