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Vacuum radiation from massive scalar field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-08-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

The vacuum radiation of a massive scalar field is studied by means of a single moving mirror. The field equation with an arbitrary-shaped mirror moving in (d+1)(d+1) dimensions is given perturbatively in the non-relativistic limit. Explicit results are obtained for a flat mirror moving in (1+1)(1+1) dimensions and (3+1)(3+1) dimensions. The vacuum radiation power and vacuum friction force on the mirror are given in (1+1)(1+1) dimensions. The intrinsic mass of the field is found to suppress the vacuum radiation. In (3+1)(3+1) dimensions, the modification of the frequency spectra and angular spectra of emitted particles due to the intrinsic mass are obtained. In the limit of m0m\to 0, we recover the results of the massless field.

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@article{arxiv.2110.04128,
  title  = {Vacuum radiation from massive scalar field},
  author = {Yu-Song Cao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04128},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures

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