Acceleration radiation, transition probabilities, and trans-Planckian physics

Details Acceleration radiation, transition probabilities, and trans-Planckian physics Acceleration radiation, transition probabilities, and trans-Planckian physics

2010-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4004v1

New J.Phys.12:095017,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

19 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095017

An important question in the derivation of the acceleration radiation, which also arises in Hawking's derivation of black hole radiance, is the need to invoke trans-Planckian physics for the quantum field that originates the created quanta. We point out that this issue can be further clarified by reconsidering the analysis in terms of particle detectors, transition probabilities, and local two-point functions. By writing down separate expressions for the spontaneous- and induced-transition probabilities of a uniformly accelerated detector, we show that the bulk of the effect comes from the natural (non trans-Planckian) scale of the problem, which largely diminishes the importance of the trans-Planckian sector. This is so, at least, when trans-Planckian physics is defined in a Lorentz invariant way. This analysis also suggests how to define and estimate the role of trans-Planckian physics in the Hawking effect itself.

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