de Sitter horizon temperature 2026-10-07
In units , the central inertial observer has temperature . The Tolman temperature law redshifts it to the displayed static-observer value. Its acceleration satisfies . Near the horizon the temperature approaches , as predicted by the Unruh effect; at the center temperature remains nonzero despite vanishing acceleration.
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.
Rindler coordinates 2026-10-07
For , these coordinates cover a wedge of Minkowski spacetime and give in two dimensions. A constant- observer has proper acceleration and the Unruh effect temperature in natural units. The apparent degeneration at is a coordinate horizon.