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Luis C. B. Crispino

Publications and source records attributed to Luis C. B. Crispino.

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arXiv2002

Free massive particles with total energy E < mc^2 in curved spacetimes

We analyze free elementary particles with rest mass $m$ and total energy $E < m c^2$ in the Rindler wedge, outside Reissner-Nordstrom black holes and in the spacetime of relativistic (and non-relativistic) stars, and use Unruh-DeWitt-like detectors to calculate the associated particle detection rate in each case. The (mean) particle position is identified with the spatial average of the excitation probability of the detectors, which are supposed to cover the whole space. Our results are shown to be in harmony with General Relativity classical predictions. Eventually we reconcile our conclusions with Earth-based experiments which are in good agreement with $E \geq m c^2$.

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arXiv1999

Scalar radiation emitted from a source rotating around a black hole

We analyze the scalar radiation emitted from a source rotating around a Schwarzschild black hole using the framework of quantum field theory at the tree level. We show that for relativistic circular orbits the emitted power is about 20% to 30% smaller than what would be obtained in Minkowski spacetime. We also show that most of the emitted energy escapes to infinity. Our formalism can readily be adapted to investigate similar processes.

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arXiv1998

Interaction of Hawking radiation and a static electric charge

We investigate whether the equality found for the response of static scalar sources interacting (i) with {\em Hawking radiation in Schwarzschild spacetime} and (ii) with the Fulling-Davies-Unruh thermal bath in the Rindler wedge is maintained in the case of electric charges. We find a finite result in the Schwarzschild case, which is computed exactly, in contrast with the divergent result associated with the infrared catastrophe in the Rindler case, i.e. in the case of uniformly accelerated charges in Minkowski spacetime. Thus, the equality found for scalar sources does not hold for electric charges.

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