Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 58 1 d Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
In units, the Hawking temperature is for the stated time normalization. The inertial central observer sees the de Sitter horizon temperature . The Tolman temperature law states in static thermal equilibrium. HenceWith part b, and at the horizon. This tends to the Unruh effect temperature for the increasingly accelerated observer.
Let be proper distance inward from the horizon. Then , , givingThe radial factor has Rindler coordinates: and make it Minkowskian. Fixed has acceleration and temperature , agreeing with the leading behavior. At the center but the finite de Sitter temperature remains; is only the near-horizon limit here.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 58 1 e Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
With , the static metric isThe radial coefficient is regular at , but the time coefficient vanishes and these coordinates cease to be a chart. Part c supplies smooth horizon-crossing coordinates; the local Rindler coordinates also prove the degeneracy is a coordinate one. Extending while keeping the same static alone is not a regular coordinate extension.
The complete analytic extension is the hyperboloid . Static coordinates are , , and . Global coordinates giveWith this isThe Penrose diagram is a rectangle, with spacelike past/future infinity, regular pole lines , and radial null rays at degrees. Observer horizons divide static patches from inaccessible regions; they are not curvature boundaries.
Unruh effect 2026-10-07
An observer at constant proper acceleration in the Minkowski vacuum detects a thermal response at this temperature. The associated Rindler coordinates separate the observer's accessible wedge from a horizon. This is an observer-dependent particle/detector response, not an assertion that inertial observers measure a thermal bath.
