Acceleration-induced radiation from a qudit particle detector model
We nonperturbatively examine the emission rate of acceleration-induced radiation from a uniformly accelerated gapless qudit-type Unruh-DeWitt detector. We find that the emission rate can be written as Larmor's formula multiplied by a factor that depends on the detector's initial state. In particular, certain initial states of integer-spin detectors do not produce radiation. Although the appearance of Larmor's formula may suggest a classical phenomenon, we argue that the resulting radiation is fundamentally distinct from that of structureless classical sources, as it evolves into a multimode coherent state correlated with the detector's internal degree of freedom. Thus, gapless detectors cannot be treated as structureless sources, as previously proposed.
Authors
- Yasusada Nambu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2596-4650)
- Kensuke Gallock‐Yoshimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5213-0347)
- Yuki Osawa
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.105012
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74
Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Nagoya University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan Science and Technology Agency