Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite

We investigate a two-level Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to a massless scalar field or its proper time derivative in (1 + 1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, in a quantum state whose correlation structure across the Rindler horizon mimics the stationary aspects of a firewall that Almheiri et al. hav...

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Main Author: Louko, Jorma
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Published: Springer Verlag 2014
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description We investigate a two-level Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to a massless scalar field or its proper time derivative in (1 + 1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, in a quantum state whose correlation structure across the Rindler horizon mimics the stationary aspects of a firewall that Almheiri et al. have argued to ensue in an evaporating black hole spacetime. Within first-order perturbation theory, we show that the detector’s response on falling through the horizon is sudden but finite. The difference from the Minkowski vacuum response is proportional to ω−2 ln(|ω|) for the non-derivative detector and to ln(|ω|) for the derivative-coupling detector, both in the limit of a large energy gap ω and in the limit of adiabatic switching. Adding to the quantum state high Rindler temperature excitations behind the horizon increases the detector’s response proportionally to the temperature; this situation has been suggested to model the energetic curtain proposal of Braunstein et al. We speculate that the (1 + 1)-dimensional derivative-coupling detector may be a good model for a non-derivative detector that crosses a firewall in 3 + 1 dimensions.
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spelling nottingham-471262020-05-04T16:53:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47126/ Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite Louko, Jorma We investigate a two-level Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to a massless scalar field or its proper time derivative in (1 + 1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, in a quantum state whose correlation structure across the Rindler horizon mimics the stationary aspects of a firewall that Almheiri et al. have argued to ensue in an evaporating black hole spacetime. Within first-order perturbation theory, we show that the detector’s response on falling through the horizon is sudden but finite. The difference from the Minkowski vacuum response is proportional to ω−2 ln(|ω|) for the non-derivative detector and to ln(|ω|) for the derivative-coupling detector, both in the limit of a large energy gap ω and in the limit of adiabatic switching. Adding to the quantum state high Rindler temperature excitations behind the horizon increases the detector’s response proportionally to the temperature; this situation has been suggested to model the energetic curtain proposal of Braunstein et al. We speculate that the (1 + 1)-dimensional derivative-coupling detector may be a good model for a non-derivative detector that crosses a firewall in 3 + 1 dimensions. Springer Verlag 2014-09-24 Article PeerReviewed Louko, Jorma (2014) Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (9). ISSN 1029-8479 Models of Quantum Gravity Black Holes Field Theories in Lower Dimensions https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP09%282014%29142 doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2014)142 doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2014)142
spellingShingle Models of Quantum Gravity
Black Holes
Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
Louko, Jorma
Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title_full Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title_fullStr Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title_full_unstemmed Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title_short Unruh-DeWitt detector response across a Rindler firewall is finite
title_sort unruh-dewitt detector response across a rindler firewall is finite
topic Models of Quantum Gravity
Black Holes
Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
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