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arxiv: 1903.09697 · v1 · pith:WBGN7BCOnew · submitted 2019-03-22 · ✦ hep-th

Unruh effect for fermions from the Zubarev density operator

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords unruhtemperaturecorrectionsdensityeffectenergy-momentumequalobserver
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Using the Zubarev quantum-statistical density operator, we calculated the corrections to the energy-momentum tensor of a massless fermion gas associated with acceleration. It is shown that when fourth-order corrections are taken into account, the energy-momentum tensor in the laboratory frame is equal to zero at a proper temperature measured by a comoving observer equal to Unruh temperature. Consequently, the Minkowski vacuum is visible to the accelerated observer as a medium filled with a heat bath of particles with the Unruh temperature, which is the essence of the Unruh effect.

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