Quantum Vacuum Excitation of a Quasinormal Mode in an Analog Model of Black Hole Spacetime

Vacuum quantum fluctuations near horizons are known to yield correlated emission by the Hawking effect. We use a driven-dissipative quantum fluid of microcavity polaritons as an analog model of a quantum field theory on a black-hole spacetime and numerically calculate correlated emission. We show th...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2023-03, Vol.130 (11), p.111501-111501, Article 111501
Main Authors: Jacquet, M J, Giacomelli, L, Valnais, Q, Joly, M, Claude, F, Giacobino, E, Glorieux, Q, Carusotto, I, Bramati, A
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Language:English
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Summary:Vacuum quantum fluctuations near horizons are known to yield correlated emission by the Hawking effect. We use a driven-dissipative quantum fluid of microcavity polaritons as an analog model of a quantum field theory on a black-hole spacetime and numerically calculate correlated emission. We show that, in addition to the Hawking effect at the sonic horizon, quantum fluctuations may result in a sizable stationary excitation of a quasinormal mode of the field theory. Observable signatures of the excitation of the quasinormal mode are found in the spatial density fluctuations as well as in the spectrum of Hawking emission. This suggests an intrinsic fluctuation-driven mechanism leading to the quantum excitation of quasinormal modes on black hole spacetimes.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.111501