Decay of accelerated protons and the existence of the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect

作者:Vanzella DAT*; Matsas GEA
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2001, 87(15): 151301.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.151301

摘要

We investigate the weak decay of uniformly accelerated protons in the context of standard quantum field theory. Because the mean proper lifetime of a particle is a scalar, the same value for this observable must be obtained in the inertial and coaccelerated frames. We are only able to achieve this equality by considering the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect. This reflects the fact that the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect is mandatory for the consistency of quantum field theory.

  • 出版日期2001-10-8