Spontaneous excitation of an accelerated atom: (i) Acceleration of infinite duration (the Unruh effect), (ii) acceleration of finite duration
We consider a proton and an electron bound by scalar electrodynamics with the proton forced by an external agency to move along an asymptotically inertial trajectory. We apply previously developed methods for atoms constrained to move relativistically (Barton and Calogeracos, 2005) to examine sponta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Results in Physics |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379716300274 |