Schwinger mechanism revisited

Schwinger mechanism revisited

In this article, we review recent theoretical works on the Schwinger mechanism of particle production in external electrical fields. Although the non-perturbative Schwinger mechanism is at the center of this discussion, many of the approaches that we discuss can cope with general time and space depe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Progress in particle and nuclear physics 2016-03, Vol.87, p.1-49
Hauptverfasser: Gelis, François, Tanji, Naoto
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
External fields
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Theory
Physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Quantum electrodynamics
Schwinger mechanism
Worldline formalism
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, we review recent theoretical works on the Schwinger mechanism of particle production in external electrical fields. Although the non-perturbative Schwinger mechanism is at the center of this discussion, many of the approaches that we discuss can cope with general time and space dependent fields, and therefore also capture the perturbative contributions to particle production.
ISSN:0146-6410
1873-2224
DOI:10.1016/j.ppnp.2015.11.001