Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-06-09
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 084016
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Latex, 39 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.084016
We study the generalized Unruh effect for accelerated reference frames that include rotation in addition to acceleration. We focus particularly on the case where the motion is planar, with presence of a static limit in addition to the event horizon. Possible definitions of an accelerated vacuum state are examined and the interpretation of the Minkowski vacuum state as a thermodynamic state is discussed. Such athermodynamic state is shown to depend on two parameters, the acceleration temperature and a drift velocity, which are determined by the acceleration and angular velocity of the accelerated frame. We relate the properties of Minkowski vacuum in the accelerated frame to the excitation spectrum of a detector that is stationary in this frame. The detector can be excited both by absorbing positive energy quanta in the "hot" vacuum state and by emitting negative energy quanta into the "ergosphere" between the horizon and the static limit. The effects are related to similar effects in the gravitational field of a rotating black hole.
Korsbakken Jan Ivar
Leinaas Jon Magne
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