Remarks on Schwinger Pair Production by Charged Black Holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We introduce a canonical method for pair production by electromagnetic fields. The canonical method in the space-dependent gauge provides pair-production rate even for inhomogeneous fields. Further, the instanton action including all corrections leads to an accurate formula for the pair-production rate. We discuss various aspects of the canonical method and clarify terminology for pair production. We study pair production by charged black holes first by finding states of the field equation that describe pair production and then by applying the canonical method.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0401057,
title = {Remarks on Schwinger Pair Production by Charged Black Holes},
author = {Sang Pyo Kim and Don N. Page},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0401057},
year = {2009}
}
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RevTex 19 Pages; Proceedings of the 8th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Pescara, Italy, 2003