Unruh effect under non-equilibrium conditions: oscillatory motion of an Unruh-DeWitt detector
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of High Energy Physics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/jhep11(2013)119