PIRSA:22060046

General Features of the Thermalization of Particle Detectors and the Unruh Effect.

Rick Perche, T. (2022). General Features of the Thermalization of Particle Detectors and the Unruh Effect. . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22060046

Rick Perche, Tales. General Features of the Thermalization of Particle Detectors and the Unruh Effect. . Perimeter Institute, Jun. 20, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22060046 

          @misc{ pirsa_22060046,
            doi = {10.48660/22060046},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/22060046},
            author = {Rick Perche, Tales},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {General Features of the Thermalization of Particle Detectors and the Unruh Effect. },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2022},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:22060046 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Tales Rick Perche Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

DOI 10.48660/22060046
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

In this talk we will discuss the notion of thermality for quantum field theories in curved spacetimes, and how it relates to the Unruh effect and Hawking radiation. Then we will argue that particle detectors are physical systems which can act as thermometers, thermalizing to the temperature of the field. We will show that any non-relativistic quantum system undergoing appropriate trajectories can probe the field’s temperature, regardless of how they are coupled to the field.