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Effective Action and Schwinger Pair Production in Strong QED

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-13 v2

Abstract

Some field theoretical aspects, such as the effective action and Schwinger pair production, are critically reviewed in strong QED. The difference of the boundary conditions on the solutions of the field equation is discussed to result in the effective action both in the Coulomb and time-dependent gauge. Finally, the apparent spin-statistics inversion is also discussed, where the WKB action for bosons (fermions) works well for fermion (boson) pair-production rate.

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@article{arxiv.0902.3486,
  title  = {Effective Action and Schwinger Pair Production in Strong QED},
  author = {Sang Pyo Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3486},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

LaTex 6 pages, no fingure; Invited Talk at IMFP 2009, Malaysia, Jan. 12-16, 2009; typos in signs of eqs and one reference corrected

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