Open string pair creation from worldsheet instantons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-21 v1
Abstract
Worldline instantons provide a particularly elegant way to derive Schwinger's well-known formula for the pair creation rate due to a constant electric field in quantum electrodynamics. In this note, we show how to extend this method to the corresponding problem of open string pair creation.
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@article{arxiv.1008.2068,
title = {Open string pair creation from worldsheet instantons},
author = {Christian Schubert and Alessandro Torrielli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2068},
year = {2014}
}
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