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$R^2$ corrections to holographic Schwinger effect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-06-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study R2R^2 corrections to the holographic Schwinger effect in an AdS black hole background and a confining D3-brane background, respectively. The potential analysis for these backgrounds is presented. The critical values for the electric field are obtained. It is shown that for both backgrounds increasing the Gauss-Bonnet parameter the Schwinger effect is enhanced. Moreover, the results provide an estimate of how the Schwinger effect changes with the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio, η/s\eta/s, at strong coupling.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1706.07026,
  title  = {$R^2$ corrections to holographic Schwinger effect},
  author = {Zi-qiang Zhang and Chong Ma and De-fu Hou and Gang Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07026},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

9 pages, 4 figures

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