Spontaneous particle creation in time-dependent overcritical fields

dc.creatorSzpak, Nikodem
dc.date2006-04-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:27:26Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:27:26Z
dc.descriptionIt is believed that in presence of some strong electromagnetic fields, called overcritical, the (Dirac) vacuum becomes unstable and decays leading to a spontaneous production of an electron-positron pair. Yet, the arguments are based mainly on the analysis of static fields and are insufficient to explain this phenomenon completely. Therefore, we consider time-dependent overcritical fields and show, within the external field formulation, how spontaneous particle creation can be defined and measured in physical processes. We prove that the effect exists always when a strongly overcritical field is switched on, but it becomes unstable and hence generically only approximate and non-unique when the field is switched on and off. In the latter case, it becomes unique and stable only in the adiabatic limit.
dc.description4 pages, 6 figures, summary of the PhD thesis of the author
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604101
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604101
dc.identifierJ.Phys.A41:164059,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164059
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196149
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleSpontaneous particle creation in time-dependent overcritical fields
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