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A note on quantization in rotating co-ordinates

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The quantization of scalar fields in a uniformly rotating frame is reconsidered. It is pointed out that the coordinates usually used do not represent a frame describing uniform circular motion and the metric in the correct coordinates has a singularity. The result obtained earlier with the wrong coordinates, that there is no radiation, nevertheless holds.

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Die Quantisierung skalarer Felder in einem gleichförmig rotierenden Koordinatensystem wird erneut betrachtet. Dabei wird hervorgehoben, daß die gewöhnlich verwendeten Koordinaten die gleichförmige Kreisbewegung nicht beschreiben und daß die Metrik in den richtigen Koordinaten eine Singularität aufweist. Trotzdem bleibt das früher mit den falschen Koordinaten abgeleitete Resultat erhalten, daß nämlich ein strahlungsfreier Zustand existiert.

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Hussain, F., Qadir, A. A note on quantization in rotating co-ordinates. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics (ZAMP) 37, 387–394 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00946758

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