2002/01/30 by Jorge Castiñeiras, Jorge Castineiras, Luís C. B. Crispino +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algorithm #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #General relativity #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.65.104019
published as Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 104019 · 12 pages (REVTEX), 12 figures
arxiv created 2002/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2002/05/07 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We analyze free elementary particles with a rest mass m and total energy E<mc2 in the Rindler wedge, outside Reissner-Nordstrom black holes and in the spacetime of relativistic (and nonrelativistic) stars, and use Unruh-DeWitt-like detectors to calculate the associated particle detection rate in each case. The (mean) particle position is identified with the spatial average of the excitation probability of the detectors, which are supposed to cover the whole space. Our results are shown to be in harmony with general relativity classical predictions. Eventually we reconcile our conclusions with Earth-based experiments which are in good agreement with E>~mc2.