Unruh: notes on black-hole evaporation

What changed

Showed accelerated particle-detector response in flat vacuum and analyzed its black-hole analogy.

Scientific scope

The record is Unruh's sole-author 1976 Physical Review D paper. The detector response depends on the stated quantum-field model and acceleration, and the paper does not replace Hawking radiation or claim that inertial observers detect the same particles.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Unruh's sole-author 1976 Physical Review D paper. The detector response depends on the stated quantum-field model and acceleration, and the paper does not replace Hawking radiation or claim that inertial observers detect the same particles.

Contributors

• William G. Unruh · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• APS page for Notes on Black-Hole Evaporation
• APS PRD milestone note for Unruh paper

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