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Pair production by boost-invariant fields in comoving coordinates

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We derive the pair-production probability in a constant electric field in Rindler coordinates in a quasi-classical approximation. Our result is different from the pair-production probability in an inertial frame (Schwinger formula). In particular, it exhibits non-trivial dependence on rapidity and deviation from Gaussian behavior at small transverse momenta. Our results can be important for analysis of particle production in heavy-ion collisions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0608159,
  title  = {Pair production by boost-invariant fields in comoving coordinates},
  author = {Kirill Tuchin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0608159},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures. Discussion added and typos fixed