Phys. Rev. D 46, 5267 - 5277 (1992)Inertial and noninertial particle detectors and vacuum fluctuations |
B. F. Svaiter *
Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), Estrada Dona Castorina 110, CEP:22460, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
N. F. Svaiter †
Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
See Also: Erratum
Received 11 May 1992
In this paper the Glauber and Unruh-DeWitt detector models are discussed. The Unruh-DeWitt detector model is adopted. The process of measurement and the probability of excitation for the inertial and noninertial detectors interacting with the Minkowski vacuum state of the field are studied. This probability is evaluated for a finite time interval.
©1992 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v46/p5267
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.46.5267
PACS: 03.65.Bz, 04.20.Cv, 11.10.Qr
* Electronic address: bnfs@lncc.bitnet
† On leave of absence from Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas-CBPF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: nfuxsvai@pearl.tufts.bitnet
See Also
Erratum: B. F. Svaiter and N. F. Svaiter, Erratum: Inertial and noninertial particle detectors and vacuum fluctuations, Phys. Rev. D 47, 4802 (1993)
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