A path integral formulation for particle detectors: the Unruh-DeWitt model as a line defect

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.14912v2
• Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:25:00 GMT
• Title: A path integral formulation for particle detectors: the Unruh-DeWitt model as a line defect
• Authors: I.M. Burbano and T. Rick Perche and Bruno de S. L. Torres
• Abstract summary: We formulate the Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) particle detector model in terms of the path integral formalism. We propose a gauge invariant detector model whose associated line defect is related to the derivative of a Wilson line.
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• Abstract: Particle detectors are an ubiquitous tool for probing quantum fields in the context of relativistic quantum information (RQI). We formulate the Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) particle detector model in terms of the path integral formalism. The formulation is able to recover the results of the model in general globally hyperbolic spacetimes and for arbitrary detector trajectories. Integrating out the detector's degrees of freedom yields a line defect that allows one to express the transition probability in terms of Feynman diagrams. Inspired by the light-matter interaction, we propose a gauge invariant detector model whose associated line defect is related to the derivative of a Wilson line. This is another instance where nonlocal operators in gauge theories can be interpreted as physical probes for quantum fields.

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