Weak decay of uniformly accelerated protons and related processes

Abstract

We investigate the weak interaction emission of spin-1/2 fermions from accelerated currents. As particular applications, we analyze the decay of uniformly accelerated protons and neutrons, and the neutrino-antineutrino emission from uniformly accelerated electrons. The possible relevance of our results to astrophysics is also discussed.

Comments: 16 pages (REVTEX), 6 figures, to appear in Physical Review D