Abstract
The quantum fluctuations of an "accelerated" vacuum state, that is, vacuum fluctuations in the presence of a constant electromagnetic field, can be described by the temperature T M. Considering T M for the gyromagnetic factor g=1 we show that T M(g=1)=T U, where T U is the Unruh temperature experienced by an accelerated observer. We conjecture that both particle production and nonlinear field effects inherent in the Unruh accelerated observer case are described by the case g=1 QED of strong fields. We present rates of particle production for g=0, 1, 2 and show that the case g=1 is experimentally distinguishable from g=0, 2. Therefore, either accelerated observers are distinguishable from accelerated vacuum or there is unexpected modification of the theoretical framework.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 041701 |
Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)