Asymptotic States of Accelerated Qubits with Nonzero Background Temperature

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02020v4
• Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:21:48 GMT
• Title: Asymptotic States of Accelerated Qubits with Nonzero Background Temperature
• Authors: A.P.C.M. Lima, G. Alencar and R.R. Landim
• Abstract summary: The study of the Unruh effect naturally raises the interest for a deeper understanding of the analogy between temperature and acceleration. We use the open quantum system formalism to investigate the case where both acceleration and background temperature are present.
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• Abstract: The study of the Unruh effect naturally raises the interest for a deeper understanding of the analogy between temperature and acceleration. A recurring question is whether an accelerated frame can be distinguished from an inertial thermal bath in pure thermodynamic experiments, such problem has been approached in the literature and a consensus is yet to be fully reached. In the present work we use the open quantum system formalism to investigate the case where both acceleration and background temperature are present. We find the asymptotic state density and entanglement generation from the Markovian evolution of accelerated qubits interacting with a thermal state of the external scalar field. Our results suggest that there is a very small asymmetry on the effects of the Unruh and background temperatures. Addressing the nonzero background temperature case is of both theoretical and phenomenological interest, thus the authors hope to enrich the existing discussions on the topic.

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