Detecting the rotating quantum vacuum

1996/01/22 by P. C. W. Davies, Paul C. W. Davies, Tevian Dray +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.53.4382

published as Phys.Rev. D53 (1996) 4382-4387 · Plain TeX, 10 pages (to appear in PRD)

arxiv created 1996/01/22 · openalex publication_date 1996/04/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We derive conditions for rotating particle detectors to respond in a variety of bounded spacetimes and compare the results with the folklore that particle detectors do not respond in the vacuum state appropriate to their motion. Applications involving possible violations of the second law of thermodynamics are briefly addressed. \textcopyright 1996 The American Physical Society.

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