Entropy of a Rindler Observer
Abstract
We compute the entropy of a Rindler particle-detector (observer) in the presence of a quantum field in the Minkowski vacuum state; due to the Unruh effect, the observer is immersed in a thermal bath at a temperature proportional to its proper acceleration.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Theoretical Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10773-013-1813-y
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1308.1917
- Bibcode:
- 2014IJTP...53..333B
- Keywords:
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- Rindler space;
- Unruh effect;
- Entropy;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 2 figures