TY  - JOUR
AU  - Agullo, I.
AU  - Navarro-Salas, J.
AU  - Olmo, G. J.
AU  - Parker, L.
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010//
TI  - Acceleration radiation, transition probabilities and trans-Planckian physics
T2  - New J. Phys.
JO  - New Journal of Physics
SP  - 095017
EP  - 18pp
VL  - 12
PB  - Iop Publishing Ltd
AB  - An important question in the derivation of the acceleration radiation, which also arises in Hawking's derivation of black hole radiance, is the need to invoke trans-Planckian physics in describing the creation of quanta. We point out that this issue can be further clarified by reconsidering the analysis in terms of particle detectors, transition probabilities and local two-point functions. By writing down separate expressions for the spontaneous-and induced-transition probabilities of a uniformly accelerated detector, we show that the bulk of the effect comes from the natural (non-trans-Planckian) scale of the problem, which largely diminishes the importance of the trans-Planckian sector. This is so, at least, when trans-Planckian physics is defined in a Lorentz-invariant way. This analysis also suggests how one can define and estimate the role of trans-Planckian physics in the Hawking effect itself.
SN  - 1367-2630
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095017
DO  - 10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095017
LA  - English
N1  - ISI:000284766400006
ID  - Agullo_etal2010
ER  -