Local quantum detection of the cosmological expansion: Unruh-DeWitt detectors in spatially compact Milne cosmology
(2025)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A. S., & Louko, J. (2025). Local quantum detection of the cosmological expansion: Unruh-DeWitt detectors in spatially compact Milne cosmology. Physical Review D, 111(2), Article 025008. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.025008
We analyze the excitations and deexcitations of an inertial Unruh-DeWitt detector in the (1+1)-dimensional expanding Milne cosmology with compact spatial sections, coupled to a real massless scalar field with either untwisted or twisted boundary cond... Read More about Local quantum detection of the cosmological expansion: Unruh-DeWitt detectors in spatially compact Milne cosmology.