TY - JOUR
T1 - A minimal length versus the Unruh effect
AU - Nicolini, Piero
AU - Rinaldi, Massimiliano
N1 - 5 pages, no figure, minor modifications and updated reference list, version matching that published by Physics Letters B
PY - 2009/10/15
Y1 - 2009/10/15
N2 - In this Letter we study the radiation measured by an accelerated detector, coupled to a scalar field, in the presence of a fundamental minimal length. The latter is implemented by means of a modified momentum space Green's function. After calibrating the detector, we find that the net flux of field quanta is negligible, and that there is no Planckian spectrum. We discuss possible interpretations of this result, and we comment on experimental implications in heavy ion collisions and atomic systems.
AB - In this Letter we study the radiation measured by an accelerated detector, coupled to a scalar field, in the presence of a fundamental minimal length. The latter is implemented by means of a modified momentum space Green's function. After calibrating the detector, we find that the net flux of field quanta is negligible, and that there is no Planckian spectrum. We discuss possible interpretations of this result, and we comment on experimental implications in heavy ion collisions and atomic systems.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.10.051
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.10.051
M3 - Article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 695
SP - 303
EP - 306
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
IS - 1-4
ER -