On the kinetic equation approach to pair production by time-dependent electric field
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-02-02 v1 Mathematical Physics
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Optics
Plasma Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We investigate the quantum kinetic approach to pair production from vacuum by time-dependent electric field. Equivalence between this approach and the more familiar S-matrix approach is explicitly established for both scalar and fermion cases. For the particular case of a constant electric field exact solution for kinetic equations is provided and the accuracy of low-density approximation is estimated.
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@article{arxiv.1008.2098,
title = {On the kinetic equation approach to pair production by time-dependent electric field},
author = {A. M. Fedotov and E. G. Gelfer and K. Yu. Korolev and S. A. Smolyansky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2098},
year = {2011}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures