Real vacuum fluctuations and virtual Unruh radiation
Real vacuum fluctuations and virtual Unruh radiation
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真实的真空涨落和虚拟的安鲁辐射
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2017
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L. de la Peña
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A. M. Cetto;L. de la Peña
A straightforward dynamical and statistical analysis of the blackbody radiation field, including the zero‐point component, serves to disclose the key elements leading to Planck's spectral distribution formula. A clear physical sense is assigned to the vacuum fluctuations —which are formally equivalent to those of quantum electrodynamics— in terms of a real fluctuating field with fixed energy E0=12ℏω per normal mode; the thermal field is added to the vacuum, with its own fluctuations, thus leading to the full blackbody radiation. The results of this analysis allow to address the Unruh problem from a fresh perspective and discuss the nature of the vacuum field modified by a constant acceleration of the reference system. The conclusion is that a proper consideration of the zero‐point field is clue to understanding both the (true) blackbody radiation spectrum, and the spectrum of the so‐called thermal radiation seen from an accelerating framework.