"Unruh effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Unruh effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after W. G. Unruh who discribed the effect in 1976. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Unruh effect (plural Unruh effects)
  1. (physics) A theoretical prediction in quantum field theory that an observer who is uniformly accelerating through empty space will perceive a thermal bath. Wikipedia link: W. G. Unruh Categories (topical): Physics Translations (Translations): Unruh-ilmiö (Finnish), Unruh-Effekt [masculine] (German), efekt Unruha [masculine] (Polish), efecto Unruh [masculine] (Spanish)

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