On the decay of an accelerated proton

• A. Queijeiro ^[1]
  1. [1] Instituto Politécnico Nacional

     Instituto Politécnico Nacional

     México

     
• Localización: Revista Mexicana de Física, ISSN-e 0035-001X, Vol. 63, Nº. 5, 2017, págs. 398-401
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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/2π, 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.