Has Hawking radiation been measured?

DOI10.1007/S10701-014-9778-0MaRDI QIDQ474857zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. G. Unruh

Publication date 25 November 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.6612

zbMATH Keywords

analog gravityblack holesHawking radiationquantum amplifiersquantum noisestimulated emission

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: It is argued that Hawking radiation has indeed been measured and shown to posses a thermal spectrum, as predicted. This contention is based on three separate legs. The first is that the essential physics of the Hawking process for black holes can be modelled in other physical systems. The second is the white hole horizons are the time inverse of black hole horizons, and thus the physics of both is the same. The third is that the quantum emission, which is the Hawking process, is completely determined by measurements of the classical parameters of a linear physical system. The experiment conducted in 2010 fulfills all of these requirements, and is thus a true measurement of Hawking radiation.

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