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What happens when an accelerating observer detects a Rindler particle

Unruh, William G., Wald, Robert M.·1984·Physical Review D
DOI 10.1103/physrevd.29.1047
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The nature of the interaction between a quantum field and an accelerating particle detector is analyzed from the point of view of an inertial observer. It is shown in detail for the simple case of a two-level detector how absorption of a Rindler particle corresponds to emission of a Minkowski particle. Several apparently paradoxical aspects of this process related to causality and energy conservation are discussed and resolved.

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Authors
Unruh, W. G., & Wald, R. M.
Venue
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
1984-03-15
Volume
29
Issue
6
Pages
1047-1056
ISSN
0556-2821 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1103/physrevd.29.1047
OpenAlex
W2143830720
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501
References
5
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2.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
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