Unruh effect

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The Unruh effect is a predicted phenomenon in quantum field theory where an accelerating observer perceives what inertial observers consider vacuum as a warm bath of particles with a characteristic temperature.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Unruh effect canonical 9
Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect 1
Unruh radiation 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf physical phenomenon ⓘ
prediction in quantum field theory ⓘ
appearsIn Phys. Rev. D 14, 870 (1976) ⓘ
appliesTo quantum fields in Minkowski spacetime ⓘ
uniformly accelerated observers in flat spacetime ⓘ
consideredAs cornerstone of quantum field theory in non-inertial frames ⓘ
dependsOn Boltzmann constant ⓘ
Planck constant ⓘ
proper acceleration ⓘ
speed of light ⓘ
describes particle detection by uniformly accelerated detectors in vacuum ⓘ
thermal perception of vacuum by accelerated observers ⓘ
field quantum field theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect ⓘ
linked to: Unruh effect
hasConsequence connection between acceleration and temperature ⓘ
different observers disagree on particle number ⓘ
thermalization of accelerated detectors ⓘ
hasFormula T = \frac{\hbar a}{2 \pi c k_B} ⓘ
hasProperty observer-dependent particle content ⓘ
temperature proportional to proper acceleration ⓘ
thermal spectrum ⓘ
hasStatus not yet directly experimentally confirmed ⓘ
implies accelerated observer perceives vacuum as thermal bath ⓘ
vacuum state is observer-dependent ⓘ
mathematicallyAnalogousTo Hawking temperature of black holes ⓘ
linked to: Hawking radiation
predicts excitation of an Unruh–DeWitt detector in Minkowski vacuum ⓘ
thermal particle spectrum for uniformly accelerated observers ⓘ
proposalYear 1976 ⓘ
proposedBy William G. Unruh ⓘ
relatedTo Bogoliubov transformations ⓘ
Hawking radiation ⓘ
Minkowski vacuum ⓘ
Paul C. W. Davies ⓘ
Rindler coordinates ⓘ
Rindler horizon ⓘ
Stephen Fulling ⓘ
Unruh–DeWitt detector model ⓘ
linked to: Unruh effect

equivalence principle ⓘ
quantum fields in curved spacetime ⓘ
supports view that particles are not invariantly defined in QFT ⓘ
temperatureProportionalTo acceleration ⓘ
temperatureSymbol T ⓘ
thermalStateFor uniformly accelerated observers ⓘ
typicalScale extremely small temperature for laboratory accelerations ⓘ
usesConcept Kubo–Martin–Schwinger condition ⓘ
Rindler wedge ⓘ
event horizon for accelerated observers ⓘ
vacuumStateFor inertial observers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawking radiation → relatedTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
Schwinger effect → relatedTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
Unruh effect → relatedTo → Unruh–DeWitt detector model ⓘ
linked to: Unruh effect
Unruh effect → hasAlternativeName → Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect ⓘ
linked to: Unruh effect
Stephen Fulling → contributedTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
Rindler horizon → relatedTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
Rindler coordinates → relevantTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
Rindler wedge → relatedTo → Unruh effect ⓘ
William G. Unruh → notableWork → Unruh effect ⓘ
William G. Unruh → notableWork → Unruh radiation ⓘ
linked to: Unruh effect
William G. Unruh → notableConcept → Unruh effect ⓘ