Unruh effect

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Etymology

Named after W. G. Unruh who described the effect in 1976.

Noun

Unruh effect (plural Unruh effects)

  1. (physics) A theoretical prediction in quantum field theory that an observer who is uniformly accelerating through empty space will perceive a thermal bath.

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