On the decay of an accelerated proton



Document title: On the decay of an accelerated proton
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000425930
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, Ciudad de México. México
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 63
Number: 5
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract We compute the decay rate width of the strong decay p → n + π + for a linearly accelerated proton in both the inertial frame and in the coaccelerated proton frame. In this last reference system we use the Unruh effect, where the proton sees a bath of thermal particles at the temperature T = a / 2 π, where a is proton’s acceleration. Analytical results agree, thus giving a simpler example where the Unruh effect is necessary to keep the consistency between inertial and Rindler frame calculations of a physical observable
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Física,
Decaimiento de protones,
Sistema de referencia no inercial,
Efecto Unruh
Keyword: Physics,
Proton decay,
Non-inertial reference system,
Unruh effect
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