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Autori principali: Liu, Rui-Chen, Sun, C. P.
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13016
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author Liu, Rui-Chen
Sun, C. P.
author_facet Liu, Rui-Chen
Sun, C. P.
contents The frame-dragging phenomenon in gravitational fields is revisited to explore the geometric effects induced by spacetime curvature. We quantize a massless scalar field in the spacetime of a rotating sphere, incorporating the frame-dragging frequency into the field modes. The excitation rate for an atom undergoing uniform circular motion and interacting with the scalar field is calculated. Our results reveal that the time-dependent excitation rates of atoms following different trajectories exhibit a common envelope, from which the frame-dragging frequency can be effectively extracted. This discovery leads us to propose a novel detection scheme for measuring the frame-dragging frequency caused by rotating celestial bodies, eliminating the need for traditional starlight calibration methods.
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spellingShingle The Frame-Dragging effect on the excitation rate of atoms
Liu, Rui-Chen
Sun, C. P.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
The frame-dragging phenomenon in gravitational fields is revisited to explore the geometric effects induced by spacetime curvature. We quantize a massless scalar field in the spacetime of a rotating sphere, incorporating the frame-dragging frequency into the field modes. The excitation rate for an atom undergoing uniform circular motion and interacting with the scalar field is calculated. Our results reveal that the time-dependent excitation rates of atoms following different trajectories exhibit a common envelope, from which the frame-dragging frequency can be effectively extracted. This discovery leads us to propose a novel detection scheme for measuring the frame-dragging frequency caused by rotating celestial bodies, eliminating the need for traditional starlight calibration methods.
title The Frame-Dragging effect on the excitation rate of atoms
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13016