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Unruh effect in vacua with anisotropic scaling: Applications to multilayer graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2013-07-02 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We extend the calculation of the Unruh effect to the universality classes of quantum vacua obeying topologically protected invariance under anisotropic scaling rbr{\bf r} \rightarrow b {\bf r}, tbztt \rightarrow b^z t. Two situations are considered. The first one is related to the accelerated detector which detects the electron - hole pairs. The second one is related to the system in external electric field, when the electron - hole pairs are created due to the Schwinger process. As distinct from the Unruh effect in relativistic systems (where z=1z=1) the calculated radiation is not thermal, but has properties of systems in the vicinity of quantum criticality. The vacuum obeying anisotropic scaling can be realized, in particular, in multilayer graphene with the rhombohedral stacking. Opportunities of the experimental realization of Unruh effect in this situation are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1303.2497,
  title  = {Unruh effect in vacua with anisotropic scaling: Applications to multilayer graphene},
  author = {M. I. Katsnelson and G. E. Volovik and M. A. Zubkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2497},
  year   = {2013}
}

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accepted for publication in Annals of Physics