TY - JOUR
T1 - Dielectric black holes induced by a refractive index perturbation and the Hawking effect
AU - Belgiorno, F.
AU - Cacciatori, S. L.
AU - Ortenzi, G.
AU - Rizzi, L.
AU - Gorini, V.
AU - Faccio, D.
PY - 2011/1/13
Y1 - 2011/1/13
N2 - We consider a 4D model for photon production induced by a refractive index perturbation in a dielectric medium. We show that, in this model, we can infer the presence of a Hawking type effect. This prediction shows up both in the analogue Hawking framework, which is implemented in the pulse frame and relies on the peculiar properties of the effective geometry in which quantum fields propagate, as well as in the laboratory frame, through standard quantum field theory calculations. Effects of optical dispersion are also taken into account, and are shown to provide a limited energy bandwidth for the emission of Hawking radiation. © 2011 The American Physical Society.
AB - We consider a 4D model for photon production induced by a refractive index perturbation in a dielectric medium. We show that, in this model, we can infer the presence of a Hawking type effect. This prediction shows up both in the analogue Hawking framework, which is implemented in the pulse frame and relies on the peculiar properties of the effective geometry in which quantum fields propagate, as well as in the laboratory frame, through standard quantum field theory calculations. Effects of optical dispersion are also taken into account, and are shown to provide a limited energy bandwidth for the emission of Hawking radiation. © 2011 The American Physical Society.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.024015
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.024015
M3 - Article
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 83
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 2
M1 - 024015
ER -