Quantum accelerometer using Unruh effect (Jorma Louko)

[marcus]

I thought this was interesting. My guess is that it will be published in Physical Review Letters.
We know of Jorma Louko from other work.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.5052
http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5052
Quantum accelerometer: distinguishing inertial Bob from his accelerated twin Rob by a local measurement
Andrzej Dragan, Ivette Fuentes, Jorma Louko
3 pages, 4 figures
(Submitted on 28 Jul 2010)
"Single quantum system, such as Unruh-DeWitt detector, can be used to determine absolute acceleration by local measurements on a quantum field. To show this, we consider two kinematically indistinguishable scenarios: an inertial observer, Bob, measuring the field of an uniformly accelerated cavity, and his non-inertial twin Rob accelerating and making measurements in a stationary cavity. We find that these scenarios can be distinguished in the non-relativistic regime only by measurements on highly excited massive fields, allowing one to detect non-inertialness of the reference frame."

 

[azntoon]

This paper is likely to be published in a journal such as Physical Review Letters. It has been submitted for publication and is currently under review.