Causality in acceleration radiation

The character of acceleration radiation is analyzed by considering the joint probability of an accelerated atom emitting a photon and a photodetector fixed in space registering a count. This simple model yields insight into counterintuitive issues associated with causality, vacuum entanglement, and...

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Main Authors: Marlan O. Scully, Anatoly A. Svidzinsky, William Unruh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033115