Unruh effect for fermions from the Zubarev density operator

Using the Zubarev quantum-statistical density operator, we calculated the corrections to the energy-momentum tensor of a massless fermion gas associated with acceleration. It is shown that when fourth-order corrections are taken into account, the energy-momentum tensor in the laboratory frame is equ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2019-04, Vol.99 (7), p.1, Article 071901
Hauptverfasser: Prokhorov, George Y., Teryaev, Oleg V., Zakharov, Valentin I.
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Zusammenfassung:Using the Zubarev quantum-statistical density operator, we calculated the corrections to the energy-momentum tensor of a massless fermion gas associated with acceleration. It is shown that when fourth-order corrections are taken into account, the energy-momentum tensor in the laboratory frame is equal to zero at a proper temperature measured by a comoving observer equal to the Unruh temperature. Consequently, the Minkowski vacuum is visible to the accelerated observer as a medium filled with a heat bath of particles with the Unruh temperature, which is the essence of the Unruh effect.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.071901