Bound states due to an accelerated mirror

TL;DR

This paper reveals that accelerated mirrors can induce a field condensate formation near their surface for massive fields, observable by all, aligning with Bekenstein's entropy bound, and highlighting a novel quantum effect linked to acceleration.

Contribution

It introduces a new effect where accelerated mirrors cause a condensate formation detectable by inertial observers, connecting acceleration with quantum field localization.

Findings

Condensate forms near accelerated mirror surface for massive fields.

The effect is observer-independent, detectable by inertial observers.

Localization of the condensate aligns with Bekenstein's entropy bound.

Abstract

We discuss an effect of accelerated mirrors which remained hitherto unnoticed, the formation of a field condensate near its surface for massive fields. From the view point of an observer attached to the mirror, this is effect is rather natural because a gravitational field is felt there. The novelty here is that since the effect is not observer dependent even inertial observers will detect the formation of this condensate. We further show that this localization is in agreement with Bekenstein's entropy bound.