Paired accelerated frames

DOI10.1142/S0217751X96001711MaRDI QIDQ2775547zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Ulrich H. Gerlach

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9910106

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: The geometrical and quantum mechanical basis for Davies' and Unruh's acceleration temperature is traced to a type of quantum mechanical (``achronal) spin. Its existence and definition are based on pairs of causally disjoint accelerated frames. For bosons the expected spin vector of monochromatic particles is given by the ``Planckian power and the ``r.m.s. thermal fluctuation spectra. Under spacetime translation the spin direction precesses around that ``Planckian vector. By exhibiting the conserved achronal spin four-current, we extend the identification of achronal spin from single quanta to multiparticle systems. Total achronal spin conservation is also shown to hold, even in the presence of quadratic interactions.

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