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We propose a mode-sum formalism for the quantization of the scalar field based on distributional modes, which are naturally associated with a slight modification of the standard plane-wave modes. We show that this formalism leads to the standard Rindler temperature result, and that these modes can be canonically defined on any Cauchy surface.
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Agnew, A.F., Dray, T. Distributional Modes for Scalar Field Quantization. General Relativity and Gravitation 33, 429–453 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010236506377
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