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P D Nation1, M P Blencowe, A J Rimberg
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. paul.d.nation@dartmouth.edu
Abstract:
We propose the use of a superconducting transmission line formed from an array of direct-current superconducting quantum interference devices for investigating analogue Hawking radiation. Biasing the array with a space-time varying flux modifies the propagation velocity of the transmission line, leading to an effective metric with a horizon. Being a fundamentally quantum mechanical device, this setup allows for investigations of quantum effects such as backreaction and analogue space-time fluctuations on the Hawking process.
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