Reflecting at the Speed of Light

Abstract

A perfectly reflecting accelerating boundary produces thermal emission to an observer at ${\mathcal{I}}_L^{+}$ and a finite amount of energy to an observer at ${\mathcal{I}}_R^{+}$ by asymptotically traveling to the speed of light without an acceleration horizon.

4 pages, 4 figures; In memory of Kerson Huang

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