Published June 1985
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Journal article
Uniform acceleration and the quantum field theory vacuum, I
Description
Free massless scalar and Dirac fields are quantized in two-dimensional Minkowski space in a representation in which the energy operator for a uniformly accelerating observer is diagonalized. The usual vacuum, and many other pure states, appear to be thermally excited in this representation. The crucial role of PCT symmetry, as regards the general validity of this conclusion, is illustrated
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Ann. Phys. (N.Y.)
- Journal Volume
- 162
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Ann. Phys. (N.Y.).
- Journal Page Range
- 1-30
- ISSN
- 0003-4916
- CODEN
- APNYA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17004268
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; COORDINATES; HERMITIAN OPERATORS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; VACUUM STATES
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE