Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit

Details Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit

Oct 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988phrvd..38.2457p&link_type=abstract

Physical Review D (Particles and Fields), Volume 38, Issue 8, 15 October 1988, pp.2457-2463

Statistics

Applications

4

Semiclassical Theories And Applications

Scientific paper

It is known that a uniformly accelerating detector gets excited in the inertial vacuum of a field, as if it were immersed in a thermal bath. We study the effect that the choice of the quantum state has on the response of the detector. The ``correlation function'' <Ψ||φ(x)φ(x')||Ψ> is computed in a Fock state, in the coherent state, and in the thermal state. It is then shown that the response function is a sum of two terms-the first being the same as the response in the vacuum state and a second term which is state dependent. The limit of the response function as ħ-->0 is discussed and the response of the inertial and accelerated detectors compared in this limit. The response in the large-nk limit of the Fock state is compared with the response in the coherent state. We conclude that the thermal response of an accelerated detector in the inertial vacuum has interesting similarities to its response in other states.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Response of accelerated detectors in coherent states and the semiclassical limit will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1600286