Observables in quantum field theory on a collapsing black hole background

Abstract

We study the quantum radiation from a curved background using scalar observables constructed from the (1+1) dimensional renormalized stress-energy tensor (RSET). We compute energy density $\mathcal{U}$, flux $\mathcal{F}$ and pressure $\mathcal{P}$ for an arbitrary collapse scenario and an arbitrary observer. The results show a clear structure: $\mathcal{F}-\mathcal{U}$ represents the collapse-independent ingoing modes, $\mathcal{F}+\mathcal{U}$ represents the collapse-dependent outgoing modes and $\mathcal{P}-\mathcal{U}$ represents the trace anomaly. We also compute the observables constructed from the perception renormalized stress-energy tensor (PeRSET). We find they have the same collapse-dependent contribution comparing to their RSET-related counterparts. For free-falling observers, in particular, the PeRSET-related observables are the same as the corresponding RSET-related ones, except the energy densities differ by the trace anomaly.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures, the paper is rewritten, additional results on perceived observables added

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