Mesoscopic Schwinger effect

The production of particle–antiparticle pairs in a vacuum — the Schwinger effect — requires extreme conditions that are out of reach of tabletop experiments. A mesoscopic simulation of this phenomenon has now been carried out in graphene devices.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature physics 2023-06, Vol.19 (6), p.768-769
1. Verfasser:	Krishna Kumar, Roshan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	639/766/119/2795 639/766/119/995 639/766/419/1133 Atomic Classical and Continuum Physics Complex Systems Condensed Matter Physics Electric fields Electromagnetism Electrons Graphene Mathematical and Computational Physics Molecular News & Views news-and-views Optical and Plasma Physics Physics Physics and Astronomy Theoretical Transistors
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Zusammenfassung:	The production of particle–antiparticle pairs in a vacuum — the Schwinger effect — requires extreme conditions that are out of reach of tabletop experiments. A mesoscopic simulation of this phenomenon has now been carried out in graphene devices.
ISSN:	1745-2473 1745-2481
DOI:	10.1038/s41567-023-02019-1