Time-resolved and Superradiantly Amplified Unruh Signal

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16219v1
• Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:09:43 GMT
• Title: Time-resolved and Superradiantly Amplified Unruh Signal
• Authors: Akhil Deswal, Navdeep Arya, Kinjalk Lochan, Sandeep K. Goyal,
• Abstract summary: An atom serves as a natural probe of quantum field fluctuations. A collection of atoms can spontaneously develop correlations seeded by the vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. The correlations build over a finite time period, culminating in an intense, directional emission of photons known as superradiance.
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• Abstract: An atom serves as a natural probe of quantum field fluctuations and any modifications to them, as fundamentally manifested in spontaneous emission. A collection of excited atoms can spontaneously develop correlations seeded by the vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. The correlations build over a finite time period, culminating in an intense, directional emission of photons known as superradiance. For a collection of atoms undergoing uniform linear acceleration, we identify low-acceleration conditions under which the buildup of correlations occurs faster and is driven solely by the modified field fluctuations underlying the Unruh effect - a prediction that a uniformly accelerated observer experiences the inertial vacuum as a thermal state. We demonstrate that these conditions can be realized inside a sub-resonant cavity that highly suppresses the response of an inertial atom, while still allowing significant response from an accelerated atom as, owing to the acceleration-induced spectral broadening, it can still couple to the available field modes. The field fluctuations perceived inertially under the sub-resonant cavity configuration would cause a superradiant burst much later. The early superradiant burst thus emerges as an unambiguous signature of the Unruh effect. In this way, we simultaneously address the extreme acceleration requirement, the weak signal, and the dominance of the inertial signal, all within a single experimental arrangement.

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