Abstract
A recent article [J. Steinhauer, Nat. Phys. 2016, 12, 959] has reported the observation of quantum Hawking radiation and its entanglement in an analogue black hole. Here, the published evidence, its consistency with theoretical bounds, and the statistical significance of the results are analyzed. The analysis raises severe doubts on the observation of Hawking radiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1700114 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Annalen der Physik |
| Volume | 530 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 26 Mar 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
Funding
I thank Yael Avni, Jonathan Drori, Itay Griniasty and Yuval Rosenberg for discussions, and Jeff Steinhauer for answering our many questions on his article. This work was supported by the European Research Council and the Israeli Science Foundation.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy