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A number of comments are provided on Rogers’s model experiment to measure the circular Unruh vacuum noise by means of a hyperbolic Penning trap inside a microwave cavity. It is suggested that cylindrical Penning traps, being geometrically simpler, and controlled almost at the same level of accuracy as the hyperbolic trap, might be a better choice for such an experiment. Besides, the microwave modes of the trap itself, of known analytical structure, can be directly used in trying to obtain measurable results for such a tiny-noise effect.
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Rosu, H. Penning trap and vacuum noise. Nuov Cim B 111, 507–512 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724559
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