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Title:		The equivalence principle and zero field fluctuations
Authors:		GRISHCHUK, L. P.; ZELDOVICH, IA. B.; ROZHANSKII, L. V.
Affiliation:		AC(AN SSSR, Institut Fizicheskikh Problem, Moscow, USSR)
Journal:		Zhurnal Eksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki (ISSN 0044-4510), vol. 92, Jan. 1987, p. 20-27. In Russian.
Publication Date:		01/1987
Category:		Physics (General)
Origin:		STI
NASA/STI Keywords:		ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, EQUIVALENCE, FLUCTUATION THEORY, GRAVITATION THEORY, RADIATION DETECTORS, BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY), GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS, MINKOWSKI SPACE, QUANTUM COUNTERS, VACUUM
Bibliographic Code:		1987ZhETF..92...20G

Abstract

Consideration is given to the Einstein equivalence principle in connection with processes occurring in accelerated detectors of elementary particles. It is shown that vacuum (zero-point) field fluctuations do not violate the equivalence principle, and that from the behavior of the detector it is not possible to determine whether it is located in a uniform gravitational field or whether it is moving with uniform acceleration in Minkowski space. As an example, attention is given to a quantum detector in the gravitational field of a black hole.

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