Ambrus, V.E. and Winstanley, E. orcid.org/0000-0001-8964-8142 (2014) Rotating quantum states. Physics Letters B, 734. pp. 296-301. ISSN 0370-2693
Abstract
We revisit the definition of rotating thermal states for scalar and fermion fields in unbounded Minkowski space–time. For scalar fields such states are ill-defined everywhere, but for fermion fields an appropriate definition of the vacuum gives thermal states regular inside the speed-of-light surface. For a massless fermion field, we derive analytic expressions for the thermal expectation values of the fermion current and stress–energy tensor. These expressions may provide qualitative insights into the behaviour of thermal rotating states on more complex space–time geometries.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Funded by SCOAP3. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematics and Statistics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2016 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2016 14:26 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.05.031 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.05.031 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98091 |