Ramsey interferometry as a witness of acceleration radiation

TL;DR

This paper proposes a Ramsey interferometry scheme with an accelerating atom inside a cavity to detect acceleration radiation effects, showing potential observability at extremely high accelerations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel interferometric setup to measure acceleration radiation effects using a linear accelerator and Rydberg-like atoms.

Findings

Acceleration radiation effects are detectable at accelerations around 10^17 m/s^2.

The scheme can estimate acceleration radiation via interferometric visibility.

Observable effects are predicted for GHz transition regimes and nanosecond interaction times.

Abstract

We adapt a typical Ramsey interferometer by inserting a linear accelerator capable of accelerating an atom inside a single-mode cavity. We demonstrate that this simple scheme allows us to estimate the effects of acceleration radiation via interferometric visibility. By using a Rydberg-like atom, our results suggest that, for the transition regime of the order of GHz and interaction time of 1 ns, acceleration radiation effects can be observable for accelerations as low as $10^{17}$ m/s$^2$.