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== Experimental observation == Researchers claim experiments that successfully detected the [[Sokolov–Ternov effect]]<ref> {{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=J. S. |last2=Leinaas |first2=J. M. |date=1983 |title=Electrons as accelerated thermometers |journal=[[Nuclear Physics B]] |volume=212 |issue=1 |pages=131–150 |bibcode=1983NuPhB.212..131B |doi=10.1016/0550-3213(83)90601-6 |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/139474 }}</ref> may also detect the Unruh effect under certain conditions.<ref> {{cite journal |last1=Akhmedov |first1=E. T. |last2=Singleton |first2=D. |year=2007 |title=On the physical meaning of the Unruh effect |journal=[[JETP Letters]] |volume=86 |issue=9 |pages=615–619 |arxiv=0705.2525 |bibcode=2008JETPL..86..615A |doi=10.1134/S0021364007210138 |s2cid=14895426 }}</ref> Theoretical work in 2011 suggests that accelerating detectors could be used for the direct detection of the Unruh effect with current technology.<ref> {{cite journal |last1=Martín Martínez |first1=E. |last2=Fuentes |first2=I. |last3=Mann |first3=R. B. |year=2011 |title=Using Berry's Phase to Detect the Unruh Effect at Lower Accelerations |journal=[[Physical Review Letters]] |volume=107 |issue=13 |pages=131301 |arxiv=1012.2208 |bibcode=2011PhRvL.107m1301M |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.131301 |pmid=22026837 |s2cid=21024756 }}</ref> The Unruh effect may have been observed for the first time in 2019 in the high energy [[Channelling_(physics)|channeling radiation]] explored by the [[NA63 experiment]] at CERN.<ref> {{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=M. H. |last2=Cohen |first2=E. |last3=Hadad |first3=Y. |last4=Kaminer |first4=I. |year=2021 |title=Experimental Observation of Acceleration-Induced Thermality |journal=[[Physical Review D]] |volume=104 |issue=4 |pages=025015 |arxiv=1903.00043 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.104.025015 |bibcode=2021PhRvD.104b5015L |s2cid=214623535 }}</ref>
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