PIRSA:12080045 Scientific Series Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/12080045

Series: Quantum Gravity

Schuetzhold, R. (2012). Fundamental quantum effects in the laboratory?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/12080045

Schuetzhold, Ralf. Fundamental quantum effects in the laboratory?. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 30, 2012, https://pirsa.org/12080045 

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  doi = {10.48660/12080045},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/12080045},
  author = {Schuetzhold, Ralf},
  keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Fundamental quantum effects in the laboratory?},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2012},
  month = {aug},
  note = {PIRSA:12080045 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

There are several fundamental predictions of quantum field theory, such as Hawking radiation (i.e., black hole evaporation) or the Sauter-Schwinger effect (i.e., electron-positron pair creation out of the quantum vacuum by a strong electric field), which have so far eluded direct experimental verification.
However, it should be possible to gain some experimental access to these effects via suitable condensed matter analogues. In this talk, some possibilities for reproducing such fundamental
quantum effects in the laboratory are discussed.

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