XIII International Workshop on Hadron Physics - XIII Hadron Physics

The role of the Unruh effect in multi-particle processes

24 Mar 2015, 19:00

30m

Hotel do Bosque

Oral presentation Strong and electroweak interactions in the standard model Strong and electroweak interactions in the standard model

Speaker

Prof. Giorgio Torrieri (JW Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt)

Description

We discuss the relevance of the Unruh effect in multiparticle processes. We review the cases where it is nothing more than an effective description of "conventional" multi-particle processes describeable, in the inertial frame, through standard scattering theory, and discuss cases where this equivalency breaks down. We suggest that an experimental investigation of this issue, achievable in the foreseeable future via strong laser physics, is a promising avenue to investigate fundamental physics, using beta decays as an example.

Presentation materials

Slides

giorgio_torrieri.pdf