Thermal fluctuations of a quantized massive scalar field in Rindler background
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Thermal fluctuations for a massive scalar field in the Rindler wedge are obtained by applying the point-splitting procedure to the zero temperature Feynman propagator in a conical spacetime. Renormalization is implemented by removing the zero temperature contribution. It is shown that for a field of non vanishing mass the thermal fluctuations, when expressed in terms of the local temperature, do not have Minkowski form. As a by product, Minkowski vacuum fluctuations seen by an uniformly accelerated observer are determined and confronted with the literature.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0011038,
title = {Thermal fluctuations of a quantized massive scalar field in Rindler background},
author = {R. Medina and E. S. Moreira and jr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0011038},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages; Latex file