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On an inertial observer's interpretation of the detection of radiation by linearly accelerated particle detectors

P G Grove

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The detection of radiation by linearly accelerated particle detectors is discussed from the point of view of an inertial observer. An alternative interpretation to that of Unruh (1976), is presented. It is argued that the main physical effect is the emission of negative energy (as compared with Minkowski space) by the detector. This is shown to be the only important effect for 'macroscopic' detectors.


PACS

29.40.-n Radiation detectors

04.60.-m Quantum gravity

MSC

83Cxx General relativity

Subjects

Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism

Nuclear physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Gravitation and cosmology

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 5 (September 1986)



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