Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977rspsa.354...79c&link_type=abstract
Royal Society (London), Proceedings, Series A, vol. 354, no. 1676, Apr. 21, 1977, p. 79-99.
Physics
94
Acceleration (Physics), Dirichlet Problem, Electromagnetic Fields, Neumann Problem, Stress Tensors, Asymptotic Methods, Black Body Radiation, Boundary Conditions, Boundary Value Problems, Field Theory (Physics), Scalars, Vacuum
Scientific paper
The stresses induced in the vacuum by the uniform acceleration of an infinite plane conductor are computed for the massless scalar and electromagnetic fields. Both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are considered for the scalar field; far from the conductor it is found, independently of the boundary condition, that the vacuum stress is 'local' and corresponds to the absence from the vacuum of black body radiation. Approaching the conductor, the energy density in the Dirichlet case is slightly lower than the 'local' term, and in the Neumann case slightly higher. At very small distances it again has the same asymptotic form for both scalar fields. For the electromagnetic field the results are similar to those for the scalar field with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Far from the conductor the spectrum is again black-body, though not Planckian.
Candelas Philip
Deutsch David
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