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Phys. Rev. D 53, 4382–4387 (1996)

Detecting the rotating quantum vacuum

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Paul C. W. Davies
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia

Tevian Dray
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Corinne A. Manogue
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Received 31 August 1995; published in the issue dated 15 April 1996

We derive conditions for rotating particle detectors to respond in a variety of bounded spacetimes and compare the results with the folklore that particle detectors do not respond in the vacuum state appropriate to their motion. Applications involving possible violations of the second law of thermodynamics are briefly addressed. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

© 1996 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.4382
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.53.4382
PACS:
04.62.+v
 
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