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W. G. Unruh | Researchclopedia

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W. G. Unruh

University of British Columbia

242

Works

17,983

Citations

51

h-index

120

i10-index

Research Topics

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Affiliations

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research1988–2010

University of Southern California1990–1990

California Institute of Technology1991–1991

University of British Columbia Hospital2008–2008

University of British Columbia1977–2025

Top Works

Notes on black-hole evaporation

19764,650 citations

Quantum Mechanics and Applications

Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Experimental Black-Hole Evaporation?

19811,702 citations

Sonic analogue of black holes and the effects of high frequencies on black hole evaporation

1995651 citations

Maintaining coherence in quantum computers

1995586 citations

Reduction of a wave packet in quantum Brownian motion

W. G. Unruh,Wojciech H. Zurek

1989584 citations

Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue System

Silke Weinfurtner,Edmund W. Tedford,et al.

2011541 citations

What happens when an accelerating observer detects a Rindler particle

W. G. Unruh,Robert M. Wald

1984494 citations

Improvement on cosmological chaotic inflation through nonminimal coupling

Redouane Fakir,W. G. Unruh

1990398 citations

Unimodular theory of canonical quantum gravity

1989390 citations