Decay of protons and neutrons induced by acceleration
Abstract
We investigate the decay of accelerated protons and neutrons. Calculations are carried out in the inertial and coaccelerated frames. Particle interpretation of these processes are quite different in each frame but the decay rates are verified to agree in both cases. For the sake of simplicity our calculations are performed in a two-dimensional spacetime since our conclusions are not conceptually affected by this.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- May 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.094004
- arXiv:
- arXiv:gr-qc/9901008
- Bibcode:
- 1999PhRvD..59i4004M
- Keywords:
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- 13.30.-a;
- 04.62.+v;
- 12.15.Ji;
- 14.20.Dh;
- Decays of baryons;
- Quantum field theory in curved spacetime;
- Applications of electroweak models to specific processes;
- Protons and neutrons;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 18 pages (REVTEX), 3 figures