Quantum Circuit Model for a Uniformly Accelerated Mirror

Abstract: We develop a quantum circuit model describing unitary interactions between quantum fields and a uniformly accelerated object, and apply it to a semi-transparent mirror which uniformly accelerates in the Minkowski vacuum. The reflection coefficient $R_{\omega}$ of the mirror varies between 0 and 1, representing a generalization of the perfect mirror ($R_{\omega}=1$) discussed extensively in the literature. Our method is non-perturbative, not requiring $R_{\omega} \sim 0$. We use the circuit model to calculate the radiation from an eternally accelerated mirror and obtain a finite particle flux along the past horizon provided an appropriate low frequency regularization is introduced. More importantly, it is straightforward to see from our formalism that the radiation is squeezed. The squeezing is closely related to cutting the correlation across the horizon, which therefore may have important implications to the formation of a black hole firewall.