Multimode theory of Gaussian states in uniformly accelerated frames

Abstract

We use the formalism of noisy Gaussian channels to derive explicit transformation laws describing how an arbitrary multimode Gaussian state of a scalar quantum field is perceived by a number of accelerating observers, each having access to at least one of the modes. Our work, which generalizes earlier results of Ahmadi, et al., Phys. Rev. D 93, 124031 (2016), is the next step torwards a better understanding of the effect of gravity on the states of quantum fields.