Second quantization in the Kerr metric

W. G. Unruh
Phys. Rev. D 10, 3194 – Published 15 November 1974
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Abstract

The second quantization of scalar and neutrino fields in the Kerr metric is discussed, and an instability to spontaneous emission is found in the scalar and neutrino cases. The dependence of these results on assumptions about the vacuum state is discussed, as is the semiclassical origin of this creation.

  • Received 8 April 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.10.3194

©1974 American Physical Society

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W. G. Unruh*,†

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720

  • *Miller Research Fellow, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
  • Present address: Dept. of Applied Mathematics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Vol. 10, Iss. 10 — 15 November 1974

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