Rindler and Minkowski particles relationship revisited

Abstract

We show that the emission of a Minkowski particle by a general class of scalar sources as described by inertial observers corresponds to either the emission or the absorption of a Rindler particle as described by uniformly accelerated observers. Our results are discussed in connection with the current controversy whether uniformly accelerated detectors radiate.

To appear in Physics Letters B, 9 pages, LATEX, no-figures

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