Heuristic viewpoint concerning the thermal ambience relative to an accelerated frame |
| |
Authors: | Ulrich H Gerlach |
| |
Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 43210 Columbus, Ohio |
| |
Abstract: | A linear wave field in its Minkowski ground state is analyzed heuristically by two observers, one inertial, the other accelerating in a linear and uniform way. Relative to the accelerated observer, the zero-point oscillations of each Minkowski plane wave mode have an unusual Fourier spectrum. Its intensity is (i) the same for all plane wave modes, (ii) isotropic, and (iii) that of a thermal ambience (relative to the accelerated frame). The temperature of this ambience is given by the Davies-Unruh formula kT=( /2 )(g/c). The existence of this ambience is incompatible with the requirement that the laws of nature be formulated in terms of tensors. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|