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arxiv: hep-th/0005240 · v1 · submitted 2000-05-25 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· quant-ph

Can the Unruh-DeWitt detector extract energy from the vacuum?

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qcquant-ph
keywords detectorenergyonlyquantizationtimeacceleratedalthoughchange
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The Unruh effect can be correctly treated only by using the Minkowski quantization and a model of a "particle" detector, not by using the Rindler quantization. The energy produced by a detector accelerated only for a short time can be much larger than the energy needed to change the velocity of the detector. Although the measuring process lasts an infinite time, the production of the energy can be qualitatively explained by a time-energy uncertainty relation.

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