Pair production in a plane wave due to a thermal background

King, Ben; Di Piazza, Antonino

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/414/1/012016

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Pair production in a plane wave due to a thermal background

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Di Piazza, Antonino
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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King, B., & Di Piazza, A. (2013). Pair production in a plane wave due to a thermal background. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 414(1): 012016, 1-9. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/414/1/012016.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-F572-9

Abstract

Ever since Schwinger's publication [J. Schwinger, Phys. Rev. 82, 664 (1951)], the maxim that there can be no pair creation from vacuum in a plane wave has been often cited. We put forward an analysis showing that in any real situation, where thermal effects are present, in a single plane-wave field, even in the limit of zero frequency (a constant crossed field), pair creation can indeed occur. Interestingly, we find that the pair-production rate depends non-perturbatively on both the temperature and the amplitude of the constant crossed field.