Looking for traces of Hawking radiation in correlation functions of BEC acoustic black holes

Abstract

Renaud Parentani was one of the leading figures in Quantum Field Theory in curved spacetime, in particular concerning its applications to Hawking-like radiation in analogue models. In this paper dedicated to him, we discuss the characteristic features appearing in the correlation functions in an acoustic black hole formed by a Bose–Einstein condensate, considered as signature of the presence of Hawking radiation in this system.

Keywords

• Analog Hawking radiation
• Bose–Einstein condensate
• Quantum Field theory in curved space