Mirror-enhanced acceleration-induced geometric phase

Abstract Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect contains great amount of theoretical importance in various branches of physics. Requirement of very high acceleration hinders its experimental evidence. We put forward an idea to experimentally probe this effect by utilizing the Pancharatnam–Berry phase of an acc...

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Main Authors: Dipankar Barman, Debasish Ghosh, Bibhas Ranjan Majhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14139-4
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description Abstract Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect contains great amount of theoretical importance in various branches of physics. Requirement of very high acceleration hinders its experimental evidence. We put forward an idea to experimentally probe this effect by utilizing the Pancharatnam–Berry phase of an accelerated atom in presence of mirrors. We show that for much lower accelerations, the phase gets significantly enhanced in the presence of mirrors. We propose a schematic design of an interferometric set-up to experimentally capture this effect by utilizing the phase difference between an accelerated and an inertial atoms. For the choice of hydrogen atoms and suitable separation between atoms and mirrors, the required acceleration can be very low.
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spelling doaj-art-7c37dfda8a38438487b4523da78ee1c42025-08-20T02:28:04ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522025-04-018541710.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14139-4Mirror-enhanced acceleration-induced geometric phaseDipankar Barman0Debasish Ghosh1Bibhas Ranjan Majhi2Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiDepartment of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiDepartment of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiAbstract Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect contains great amount of theoretical importance in various branches of physics. Requirement of very high acceleration hinders its experimental evidence. We put forward an idea to experimentally probe this effect by utilizing the Pancharatnam–Berry phase of an accelerated atom in presence of mirrors. We show that for much lower accelerations, the phase gets significantly enhanced in the presence of mirrors. We propose a schematic design of an interferometric set-up to experimentally capture this effect by utilizing the phase difference between an accelerated and an inertial atoms. For the choice of hydrogen atoms and suitable separation between atoms and mirrors, the required acceleration can be very low.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14139-4
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title Mirror-enhanced acceleration-induced geometric phase
title_full Mirror-enhanced acceleration-induced geometric phase
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