The Unruh effect

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The Unruh effect

• Bert Lindenhovius
• Advisors
• Daniel Boer, Harmen Warringa

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Contents

• Introduction
• The Rindler Space
• 11 Dimensional Quantum Field
• Transitions and Decay of States
• How to measure?
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Friction by moving in the atmosphere
• Accelerating in the vacuum
• Hawking Radiation

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Introduction
Source Cornell.edu
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The Rindler Space
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11 Dimensional Quantum Field
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11 Dimensional Quantum Field
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11 Dimensional Quantum Field
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11 Dimensional Quantum Field
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Transitions and Decay of States
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Transitions and Decay of States
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Transitions and Decay of States
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Transitions and Decay of States
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Transitions and Decay of States
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Transitions and Decay of States
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How to measure?
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Conclusion

• Accelerating yields thermal spectrum for the
  following systems
• - Plane wave
• - Field (arbitrary superposition of plane waves)
• - Two level atomic system
• Everyone perceive a thermal spectrum in a uniform
  accelerating system
• Measurements by accelerating particles