TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum excitations in time-dependent backgrounds
AU - Kolopanis, Matthew
AU - Vachaspati, Tanmay
PY - 2013/4/26
Y1 - 2013/4/26
N2 - We give a technique for calculating the occupation number of quantum fields in time-dependent backgrounds by using the relation between one-dimensional quantum oscillators and two-dimensional classical oscillators. We illustrate our method by giving closed analytical results for the time-dependent spectrum of occupation numbers during gravitational collapse in any number of dimensions.
AB - We give a technique for calculating the occupation number of quantum fields in time-dependent backgrounds by using the relation between one-dimensional quantum oscillators and two-dimensional classical oscillators. We illustrate our method by giving closed analytical results for the time-dependent spectrum of occupation numbers during gravitational collapse in any number of dimensions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.085041
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.085041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877110193
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 87
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 8
M1 - 085041
ER -