# Decay of accelerated protons and the existence of the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect.

@article{Vanzella2001DecayOA,
title={Decay of accelerated protons and the existence of the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect.},
author={Daniel A. T. Vanzella and George Matsas},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2001},
volume={87 15},
pages={
151301
}
}
• Published 11 April 2001
• Physics
• Physical review letters
We investigate the weak decay of uniformly accelerated protons in the context of standard quantum field theory. Because the mean proper lifetime of a particle is a scalar, the same value for this observable must be obtained in the inertial and coaccelerated frames. We are only able to achieve this equality by considering the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect. This reflects the fact that the Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect is mandatory for the consistency of quantum field theory.

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