On the possibility of measuring the Unruh effect

DOI10.1007/S10701-014-9806-0MaRDI QIDQ471352zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Igor Peña, Daniel Sudarsky

Publication date 14 November 2014

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.6621

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theory in curved spacetimeUnruh effectquantum electrodynamicsaccelerated frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: There is a persistent state of confusion regarding the nature of the Unruh effect. We will argue that, in contrast to some interpretations thereof, the effect does not represent any novel physics and that, by its very nature, the effect is fundamentally unmeasurable in all experiments of the kind that have been contemplated until now. Also, we discuss what aspects connected with this effect one might consider as possibilities to be explored empirically and what their precise meaning may be regarding the issue at hand.

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