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Entropy Production via Particle Production

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-04-30 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

I critically examine the notion of ``irreversibility,'' and discuss in what sense it applies to the spontaneous creation of particles in external fields. The investigation reveals that particle creation in very strong fields can only be described by a non-Markovian transport theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9410176,
  title  = {Entropy Production via Particle Production},
  author = {J. Rau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9410176},
  year   = {2009}
}

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