Accelerated electron thermometer: Observation of 1D Planck radiation

Morgan H. Lynch, Evgenii Ievlev, Michael R.R. Good

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Abstract

We report on the observation of thermal photons from an accelerated electron via examination of radiative beta decay of free neutrons measured by the RDK II collaboration. The emitted photon spectrum is shown to corroborate a thermal distribution consistent with the dynamical Casimir effect. Supported by a robust chi-squared statistic, we find the photons reside in a 1D Planck spectrum with a temperature predicted by the moving mirror model.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023D01
JournalProgress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Volume2024
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2024
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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