A new and exact derivation of the Bogoliubov coefficients is obtained for the simplest case of a spinless, neutral, massive field in a uniformly accelerated frame with a constant acceleration. The method can be suitably generalized in a straightforward manner to any field with spin and charges.

• Received 20 February 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.107701