Decay of protons and neutrons induced by acceleration

1999/01/05 by George E. A. Matsas, Daniel A. T. Vanzella · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.59.094004

published as Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 094004 · 18 pages (REVTEX), 3 figures

arxiv created 1999/01/05 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We investigate the decay of accelerated protons and neutrons. Calculations are carried out in the inertial and coaccelerated frames. Particle interpretation of these processes are quite different in each frame but the decay rates are verified to agree in both cases. For the sake of simplicity our calculations are performed in a two-dimensional spacetime since our conclusions are not conceptually affected by this.

Citations

• Classical Electrodynamics

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