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The Unruh Effect

S2018 · E12 · 04 Apr 2018 · 12 min

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Worried about black holes? Consider this: Every time you accelerate - you generate an event horizon behind you. The more you accelerate away from it the closer it gets. Don’t worry, it can never catch up to you, but the Unruh radiation it generates sure can.