Quantum Institute: Visitor Schedule

The Quantum Lunch is regularly held on Thursdays in the Theoretical Division Conference Room, TA-3, Building 123, Room 121.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker: Robert O'Connell (Louisiana State University)

Technical Host: Peter Milonni

TOPIC: Is there Unruh radiation?

Abstract
We present an exact analysis of an oscillator (the detector) moving under a constant force with respect to zero-temperature vacuum and coupled to a one-dimensional scalar field. We show that this system does not radiate despite the fact that it thermalizes at the Unruh temperature.