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We present a method for relating the transition rate of an accelerated Unruh-deWitt detector to the rate of the same detector when stationary in Minkowski space. Furthermore, we show that when using the detector as a model for decay, its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 Wim Beenakker , David Venhoek

A quantum field theoretical approach, in which a quantum probe is used to investigate the properties generic non-flat FLRW space-times is discussed. The probe is identified with a conformally coupled massless scalar field defined on a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-27 Yevgeniya Rabochaya , Sergio Zerbini

We show under what conditions an accelerated detector (e.g., an atom/ion/molecule) thermalizes while interacting with the vacuum state of a quantum field in a setup where the detector's acceleration alternates sign across multiple optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Silas Vriend , Daniel Grimmer , Eduardo Martín-Martínez

The quantum detection of spacetime conicity was investigated in reference [Phys. Lett. B 820, 136482 (2021)] through the analysis of the response function of an Unruh-deWitt detector coupled to a massless scalar field. In particular, it was…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-18 Jefferson Monção da Silva , João Paulo M. Pitelli

We give a complete and rigorous proof of the Unruh effect, in the following form. We show that the state of a two-level system, uniformly accelerated with proper acceleration $a$, and coupled to a scalar bose field initially in the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. De Bievre , M. Merkli

Quantum uncertainty is deeply linked to quantum correlations and relativistic motion. The entropic uncertainty relation with quantum memory offers a powerful way to study how shared entanglement affects measurement precision. However, under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Ming-Ming Du , Hong-Wei Li , Shu-Ting Shen , Xiao-Jing Yan , Xi-Yun Li , Lan Zhou , Wei Zhong , Yu-Bo Sheng

An extended monopole detector at constant acceleration coupled to a massless scalar field is allowed to evolve quantum mechanically. It is found that while in the classical, followed by the point particle, limit the usual result Unruh…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Roberto Casadio , Giovanni Venturi

The decoherence induced on a single qubit by its interaction with the environment is studied. The environment is modelled as a scalar two-level boson system that can go through either first order or continuous excited state quantum phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Perez-Fernandez , A. Relano , J. M. Arias , J. Dukelsky , J. E. Garcia-Ramos

The model of Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to the scalar field for finite time is studied. A systematic way of computing finite time corrections in various cases is suggested and nonperturbative effects like thermalization are discussed. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-06 V. Shevchenko

Unruh-deWitt detectors have been utilised widely as probes for quantum particles, entanglement and spacetime curvature. Here, we extend the standard treatment of an Unruh-deWitt detector interacting with a massless, scalar field to include…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-13 Joshua Foo , Sho Onoe , Magdalena Zych

We analyze the response of a detector with a uniform acceleration $\alpha$ in $\kappa-$Minkowski spacetime using the first order perturbation theory. The monopole detector is coupled to a massless complex scalar field in such a way that it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-30 Hyeong-Chan Kim , Jae Hyung Yee , Chaiho Rim

We perform a protocol for multipartite quantum clock synchronization under the influence of Unruh thermal noise. The clocks consisting of Unruh-DeWitt detectors when one of detectors accelerated is obtained. To estimate the time difference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 Li Zhang , Jiliang Jing , Heng Fan , Jieci Wang

We compute how an accelerating qubit coupled to a scalar field - i.e. an Unruh-DeWitt detector - evolves in flat space, with an emphasis on its late-time behaviour. When calculable, the qubit evolves towards a thermal state for a field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-04 Greg Kaplanek , C. P. Burgess

The Unruh effect predicts a thermal response for an accelerated detector moving through the vacuum. Here we propose an interferometric scheme to observe an analogue of the circular Unruh effect using a localized laser coupled to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-22 Cisco Gooding , Steffen Biermann , Sebastian Erne , Jorma Louko , William G. Unruh , Joerg Schmiedmayer , Silke Weinfurtner

We consider a particle detector model on 1+1-dimensional Minkowski space-time that is accelerated by a constant external acceleration a. The detector is coupled to a massless scalar test field. Due to the Unruh effect, this detector becomes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-14 Franz Thoma

We consider an Unruh-DeWitt detector modeled as a harmonic oscillator that is coupled to a massless quantum scalar field in the (2+1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. We treat the detector as an open quantum system and employ a quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-28 Dimitris Moustos

In this thesis we focus on the influence of uniform acceleration on quantum states and their properties, as well as on quantum entanglement contained in the vacuum. First, we analyze a quantum clock measuring time in terms of the decay of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-19 Krzysztof Lorek

We show that uniformly accelerated detectors can display genuinely thermal features even if the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition fails to hold. These features include satisfying thermal detailed balance and having a Planckian response…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 Raul Carballo-Rubio , Luis J. Garay , Eduardo Martin-Martinez , Jose de Ramon

We explore the effects of different boundary conditions and coupling schemes on the response of a particle detector undergoing uniform acceleration in optical cavities. We analyze the thermalization properties of the accelerated detector…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-23 Wilson G. Brenna , Eric G. Brown , Robert B. Mann , Eduardo Martin-Martinez

We have shown the classical correspondence of Unruh effect in the classical relativistic electron theory in our previous work (gr-qc/0105051). Here we demonstrate the analogy between the classical relativistic electron theory and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Shih-Yuin Lin