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Refractive index perturbations -- Unruh effect, Hawking radiation or dynamical Casimir effect?

Quantum Physics 2011-10-28 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Motivated by recent experimental progress to manipulate the refractive index of dielectric materials by strong laser beams, we study some aspects of the quantum radiation created by such refractive index perturbations.

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@article{arxiv.1110.6064,
  title  = {Refractive index perturbations -- Unruh effect, Hawking radiation or dynamical Casimir effect?},
  author = {Ralf Schützhold},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6064},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of the II Amazonian Symposium on Physics - Analogue Models of Gravity 30 Years Celebration