Finite temperature Schwinger pair production in coexistent electric and magnetic fields
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-04-01 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We compute Schwinger pair production rates at finite temperature, in the presence of homogeneous, concurrent electric and magnetic fields. Expressions are obtained using the semiclassical worldline instanton formalism, to leading order, for spin- and spin- particles. The derived results are valid for weak coupling and fields. We thereby extend previous seminal results in the literature, to coexistent electric and magnetic fields, and fermions.
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@article{arxiv.1808.01295,
title = {Finite temperature Schwinger pair production in coexistent electric and magnetic fields},
author = {Mrunal Korwar and Arun M. Thalapillil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01295},
year = {2019}
}
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12 pages, 2 figures. Matches published version