Ultra-strong Elelctric Fields and Vacuum Breakdown: Search for an Astrophysical Scenario

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dc.creatorTreves, Aldo
dc.creatorTurolla, Roberto
dc.creatorPopov, S. B.
dc.date2000-05-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:28:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:28:41Z
dc.descriptionIn some models of $γ$-ray bursts super-strong electric fields ($E\sim 10^{14} {\rm statvolt cm}^{-1}$) have been surmized. Such large fields may provide copious pair production through vacuum polarization. Here we examine various astrophysical scenarios where huge electric field can be present. It is shown that when the conditions for quantistic vacuum breakdown are met, pair creation through conventional processes is likely to be always more important. Although of great physical interest, quantum pair production seems therefore of little astrophysical relevance.
dc.description6 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of INW3 and IKM6 (Nuovo Cimento B, special volume), Eds. C. Cherubini and R. Ruffini; uses cimento.cls style (included)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005508
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005508
dc.identifierNuovoCim.B115:863-868,2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196471
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleUltra-strong Elelctric Fields and Vacuum Breakdown: Search for an Astrophysical Scenario
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