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We investigate quantum field theory in Rindler space with a UV cutoff by considering a free scalar field on a lattice in Rindler coordinates. We find that the Minkowski vacuum is not exactly thermal with respect to the local lattice Rindler…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Seiken Chikazawa , Seiji Terashima

We present a generalized framework for $n$-photon processes involving a uniformly accelerated Unruh-DeWitt detector interacting with a massless scalar field. We utilize the $n^\text{th}$ order Dyson series to derive the final quantum state…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-10 Arash Azizi

In this paper, we employ the quantum regression theorem, a powerful tool in the study of open quantum systems, to analytically study the correlation functions of an Unruh-DeWitt detector, which is an uniformly accelerated two-level quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Manjari Dutta , Arnab Mukherjee , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

How long does a uniformly rotating observer need to interact with a quantum field in order to register an approximately thermal response due to the circular motion Unruh effect? We address this question for a massless scalar field in 2+1…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-21 Leo J. A. Parry , Diego Vidal-Cruzprieto , Christopher J. Fewster , Jorma Louko

Probing quantumness in curved spacetime is regarded as one of fundamental and important topics in the framework of relativistic quantum information. In this work, we focus on the theoretical feasibility of probing quantum properties in de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-05 Li-Juan Li , Xue-Ke Song , Liu Ye , Dong Wang

In this paper, we use the concepts of quantum entanglement and coherence to analyze the Unruh and anti-Unruh effects based on the model of Unruh-DeWitt detector. For the first time, we find that (i) the Unruh effect reduces quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-24 Shu-Min Wu , Xiao-Wei Teng , Jin-Xuan Li , Hao-Sheng Zeng , Tonghua Liu

It is well known that a detector, coupled linearly to a quantum field and accelerating through the inertial vacuum with a constant acceleration $g$, will behave as though it is immersed in a radiation field with temperature $T=(g/2\pi)$. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Dawood Kothawala , T. Padmanabhan

We present simple arguments that detectors moving with constant acceleration (even acceleration for a finite time) should detect particles. The effect is seen to be universal. Moreover, detectors undergoing linear acceleration and uniform,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-13 Emil T. Akhmedov , Douglas Singleton

How long does a uniformly accelerated observer need to interact with a quantum field in order to record thermality in the Unruh temperature? We address this question for a pointlike Unruh-DeWitt detector, coupled linearly to a real…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-20 Christopher J. Fewster , Benito A. Juárez-Aubry , Jorma Louko

Relativistic effects on the precision of quantum metrology for particle detectors, such as two-level atoms are studied. The quantum Fisher information is used to estimate the phase sensitivity of atoms in non-inertial motions or in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Xiang Hao , Yinzhong Wu

We demonstrate that the quantum vacuum, as perceived by a uniformly accelerating observer, can be harnessed to perform a quantum Z-gate. A two-level Unruh-DeWitt detector, prepared in a superposition of its ground and excited states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Arash Azizi

We introduce a method to compute particle detector transition probability in spacetime regions of general curved spacetimes provided that the curvature is not above a maximum threshold. In particular we use this method to compare the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-23 Aida Ahmadzadegan , Eduardo Martin-Martinez , Robert B. Mann

A long-standing debate on Unruh effect is about its obscure thermal nature. In this Letter, we use quantum Fisher information (QFI) as an effective probe to explore the thermal nature of Unruh effect from both local and global perspectives.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-02 Jun Feng , Jing-Jun Zhang

We investigated the influence of the massive scalar field on the information degradation concerning the Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) detectors. In this conjecture, we adopted a system with a finite and large interaction time. To accomplish our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-21 P. H. M. Barros , F. C. E. Lima , C. A. S. Almeida , H. A. S. Costa

In this essay we examine the response of an Unruh-DeWitt detector (a quantum two-level system) to a gravitational wave background. The spectrum of the Unruh-Dewitt detector is of the same form as some scattering processes or three body…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-09 Preston Jones , Douglas Singleton

We analyse the response of a spatially extended direction-dependent local quantum system, a detector, moving on the Rindler trajectory of uniform linear acceleration in Minkowski spacetime, and coupled linearly to a quantum scalar field. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-14 Sanved Kolekar

We calculate the response functions of a freely falling Unruh detector in de Sitter space coupled to scalar fields of different coupling to the curvature, including the minimally coupled massless case. Although the responses differ strongly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Bjorn Garbrecht , Tomislav Prokopec

We explore entanglement harvesting using two Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) detectors linearly coupled to the scalar density of a massless spin-1/2 field in 1+1 Schwarzschild spacetime. We consider different vacua, including the Boulware,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-04 Nitesh Kumar Dubey , Sanved Kolekar

It is shown that quantum particle detectors are not reliable probes of spacetime structure. In particular, they fail to distinguish between inertial and non-inertial motion in a general spacetime. To prove this, we consider detectors…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Sebastiano Sonego , Hans Westman