Using Berry's phase to detect the Unruh effect at lower accelerations.

@article{MartnMartnez2011UsingBP,
  title={Using Berry's phase to detect the Unruh effect at lower accelerations.},
  author={Eduardo Mart{\'i}n-Mart{\'i}nez and Ivette Fuentes and Robert B. Mann},
  journal={Physical review letters},
  year={2011},
  volume={107 13},
  pages={
          131301
        }
}
We show that a detector acquires a Berry phase due to its motion in spacetime. The phase is different in the inertial and accelerated case as a direct consequence of the Unruh effect. We exploit this fact to design a novel method to measure the Unruh effect. Surprisingly, the effect is detectable for accelerations 10(9) times smaller than previous proposals sustained only for times of nanoseconds. 
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