The Unruh effect for higher derivative field theory

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA601FzbMATH Open1368.83058arXiv1612.07344OpenAlexW3100640677WikidataQ62038283 ScholiaQ62038283MaRDI QIDQ5348172FDOQ5348172

Authors: J. Berra-Montiel, Jairo Martínez-Montoya, Alberto Molgado 

Publication date: 14 August 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyse the emergence of the Unruh effect within the context of a field Lagrangian theory associated to the Pais-Uhlenbeck fourth order oscillator model. To this end, we introduce a transformation that brings the Hamiltonian bounded from below and is consistent with $mathcalPT$-symmetric quantum mechanics. We find that, as far as we consider different frequencies within the Pais-Uhlenbeck model, a particle together with an antiparticle of different masses are created as may be traced back to the Bogoliubov transformation associated to the interaction between the Unruh-DeWitt detector and the higher derivative scalar field. On the contrary, whenever we consider the equal frequencies limit, no particle creation is detected as the pair particle/antiparticle annihilate each other. Further, following Moschella and Schaeffer, we construct a Poincar'e invariant two-point function for the Pais-Uhlenbeck model, which in turn allows us to perform the thermal analysis for any of the emanant particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.07344

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zbMATH Keywords

Unruh effecthigher orderconformal gravityhigher derivative field theoryPais-Uhlenbeck

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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• Scalar and fermion representations of the Lorentz group in Minkowski plane, QFT correlators, pair creation in electric field and the Unruh effect
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• The Unruh effect in general boundary quantum field theory

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