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| author | Beenakker, Wim Venhoek, David |
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| contents | We present a method for relating the transition rate of an accelerated Unruh-deWitt detector to the rate of the same detector when stationary in Minkowski space. Furthermore, we show that when using the detector as a model for decay, its transition rate can be related directly to the decay rate obtained from QFT. Combined this provides a straightforward method for calculating the decay rate of accelerated particles to first order in the coupling constants. |
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| spellingShingle | Unruh detectors, Feynman diagrams, acceleration and decay Beenakker, Wim Venhoek, David General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics We present a method for relating the transition rate of an accelerated Unruh-deWitt detector to the rate of the same detector when stationary in Minkowski space. Furthermore, we show that when using the detector as a model for decay, its transition rate can be related directly to the decay rate obtained from QFT. Combined this provides a straightforward method for calculating the decay rate of accelerated particles to first order in the coupling constants. |
| title | Unruh detectors, Feynman diagrams, acceleration and decay |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11516 |