Nontrivial generalizations of the Schwinger pair production result. II

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.011901· OSTI ID:20774567

Fried, H M ^[1]; Gabellini, Y ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (United States)
2. Institut Non Lineaire de Nice, UMR 6618 CNRS, 1361 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne (France)

It is suggested that Schwinger's (1951) vacuum persistence probability against pair production by an intense but constant electric field is a very good approximation to the corresponding quantity if the field does not vary appreciably over space-time distances less than m{sup -1}(m{sup 2}/eE). This general result appears to be in agreement with a variety of previous calculations, both numerical and analytical.

• OSTI ID: 20774567
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 73, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.011901; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
APPROXIMATIONS
DISTANCE
ELECTRIC FIELDS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PROBABILITY
SPACE-TIME