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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