Pair creation and plasma oscillations.

Conference · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:772134

Prozorkevich, A V; Vinnik, D V; Schmidt, S M; Hecht, M B; Roberts, C D

We describe aspects of particle creation in strong fields using a quantum kinetic equation with a relaxation-time approximation to the collision term. The strong electric background field is determined by solving Maxwell's equation in tandem with the Vlasov equation. Plasma oscillations appear as a result of feedback between the background field and the field generated by the particles produced. The plasma frequency depends on the strength of the initial background fields and the collision frequency, and is sensitive to the necessary momentum-dependence of dressed-parton masses.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 772134
• Report Number(s): ANL/PHY/CP-103670; TRN: US0102213
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop on Quark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics, Rostock (DE), 11/27/2000--11/29/2000; Other Information: PBD: 15 Dec 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PAIR PRODUCTION
QUANTUM MECHANICS
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
KINETIC EQUATIONS
LANGMUIR FREQUENCY
PLASMA WAVES
RELAXATION TIME