The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion

We show under what conditions an accelerated detector (e.g., an atom/ion/molecule) thermalizes while interacting with the vacuum state of a quantum field in a setup where the detector’s acceleration alternates sign across multiple optical cavities. We show (non-perturbatively) in what regimes the pr...

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Auteurs principaux:	Silas Vriend, Daniel Grimmer, Eduardo Martín-Martínez
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Publié:	MDPI AG 2021
Sujets:	Unruh effect experimental proposal Collision Models Gaussian quantum mechanics non-perturbative calculation Mathematics QA1-939
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a7981a6bd35e45d1bae1130f5686f8072021-11-25T19:05:43ZThe Unruh Effect in Slow Motion10.3390/sym131119772073-8994https://doaj.org/article/a7981a6bd35e45d1bae1130f5686f8072021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/11/1977https://doaj.org/toc/2073-8994We show under what conditions an accelerated detector (e.g., an atom/ion/molecule) thermalizes while interacting with the vacuum state of a quantum field in a setup where the detector’s acceleration alternates sign across multiple optical cavities. We show (non-perturbatively) in what regimes the probe ‘forgets’ that it is traversing cavities and thermalizes to a temperature proportional to its acceleration, the same as it would in free space. Then we analyze in detail how this thermalization relates to the renowned Unruh effect. Finally, we use these results to propose an experimental testbed for the direct detection of the Unruh effect at relatively low probe speeds and accelerations, potentially orders of magnitude below previous proposals.Silas VriendDaniel GrimmerEduardo Martín-MartínezMDPI AGarticleUnruh effectexperimental proposalCollision ModelsGaussian quantum mechanicsnon-perturbative calculationMathematicsQA1-939ENSymmetry, Vol 13, Iss 1977, p 1977 (2021)
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description	We show under what conditions an accelerated detector (e.g., an atom/ion/molecule) thermalizes while interacting with the vacuum state of a quantum field in a setup where the detector’s acceleration alternates sign across multiple optical cavities. We show (non-perturbatively) in what regimes the probe ‘forgets’ that it is traversing cavities and thermalizes to a temperature proportional to its acceleration, the same as it would in free space. Then we analyze in detail how this thermalization relates to the renowned Unruh effect. Finally, we use these results to propose an experimental testbed for the direct detection of the Unruh effect at relatively low probe speeds and accelerations, potentially orders of magnitude below previous proposals.
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The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion

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