On the Massless Vector Fields in a Rindler Space - Journal of Modern Physics

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Journal of Modern Physics

Volume 6, Issue 12 (September 2015)

ISSN Print: 2153-1196 ISSN Online: 2153-120X

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On the Massless Vector Fields in a Rindler Space ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2015.612176 2,764 Downloads 3,585 Views Citations

Author(s)

Roberto Soldati^1,2*, Caterina Specchia³

Affiliation(s)

¹Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia—Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
²Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

ABSTRACT

We study the quantum theory of the mass-less vector fields on the Rindler space. We evaluate the Bogoliubov coefficients by means of a new technique based upon the use of light-front coordinates and Mellin transform. We briefly comment about the ensuing Unruh effect and its consequences.

KEYWORDS

Rindler Space, Unruh Effect, Vector Fields, Bogoliubov Coefficients

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Soldati, R. and Specchia, C. (2015) On the Massless Vector Fields in a Rindler Space. Journal of Modern Physics, 6, 1743-1755. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2015.612176.

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