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The Sauter-Schwinger process of electron-positron pair creation from vacuum, driven by a sequence of time-dependent electric-field pulses, is studied in the framework of quantum-field theoretical approach. As demonstrated by our numerical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-19 J. Z. Kamiński , M. Twardy , K. Krajewska

The generation of electron-positron pairs using direct laser-accelerated electrons and a cone-shaped reflector target for the generation of strong electromagnetic fields is investigated using particle-in-cell simulations. A newly…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Oliver Mathiak , Lars Reichwein , Alexander Pukhov

The particle production in a de Sitter space provides an interesting model to understand the curvature effect on Schwinger pair production by a constant electric field or Schwinger mechanism on the de Sitter radiation. For that purpose, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Sang Pyo Kim

Electron-positron pair production is considered in the relativistic collision of a nucleus and an anti-nucleus, in which both leptons are created in bound states of the corresponding nucleus-lepton system. Compared to free and bound-free…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 A. B. Voitkiv , B. Najjari , A. Di Piazza

We have obtained the solutions of linearized Shr{\"o}dinger equation for spherically and axially symmetrical electrons density oscillations in plasma in the approximation of the self-consistent field. It was shown that in the center or on…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Dvornikov , S. Dvornikov , G. Smirnov

Ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas can be produced in high-intensity laser fields and play a role in various astrophysical situations. Their properties can be calculated using QED at finite temperature. Here we will use…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-29 Markus H. Thoma

Strong field physics close to or above the Schwinger limit are typically studied with vacuum as initial condition, or by considering test particle dynamics. However, with a plasma present initially, quantum relativistic mechanisms such as…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Gert Brodin , Haidar Al-Naseri , Jens Zamanian , Greger Torgrimsson , Bengt Eliasson

The growing interest in quantum magnonics is driving the development of advanced techniques for generating, controlling, and detecting non-classical magnonic states. Here, we explore the potential of an ensemble of solid-state spin defects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Violet Williams , Jayakrishnan M. P. Nair , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Benedetta Flebus

We discuss the mechanism of production of electron-positron pairs from the vacuum in a time-varying, spatially uniform pulsed electric field. We analytically compute the probability of $(e^+ e^-) $pair production in momentum space using the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-14 Deepak Sah , Manoranjan P. Singh

The equation of state for quark-gluon plasma is obtained, being valid for arbitrary values of the coupling parameter and of temperature. This equation is constructed from perturbative expansions for free energy and for renormalization…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

We show that a point particle moving in space-time on entwined-pair paths generates Schroedinger's equation in a static potential in the appropriate continuum linit. This provides a new realist context for the Schroedinger equation within…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. N. Ord , R. B. Mann

The ability of an intense laser pulse to propagate in a classically over-critical plasma through the phenomenon of relativistic transparency is shown to facilitate the generation of strong plasma magnetic fields. Particle-in-cell…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Oliver Jansen , Tao Wang , David Stark , Toma Toncian , Alexey Arefiev

We evaluate the cross section for electron-positron pair production by a single high energy photon in the space-time of a static, straight cosmic string. Energy and momentum conservation precludes this process in empty Minkowski space. It…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Vladimir Skarzhinsky , Diego Harari , Ulf Jasper

Electron-positron pair production in strong electric fields, i.e., the Sauter-Schwinger effect, is studied using the real-time Dirac-Heisenberg-Wigner formalism. Hereby, the electric field is modeled to be a homogeneous, single-pulse field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-07 Obulkasim Olugh , Zi-Liang Li , Bai-Song Xie , Reinhard Alkofer

I consider coherent vibrational states of the quantum plasmas formed by the conduction electrons and protons inside a metal hydride. Such states can interact coherently through weak interaction to produce neutrons at very low energy. The…

General Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Luca Gamberale

The influence of hypersonic waves excited in a single crystal is investigated on the process of electron-positron pair creation by high-energy photons. The coherent part of the corresponding differential cross-section is derived as a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. R. Mkrtchyan , A. A. Saharian , L. Sh. Grigoryan , B. V. Khachatryan

The process of $e^+e^-$ production in the superposition of a Coulomb and a strong laser field is considered. The pair production rate integrated over the momentum and summed over the spin projections of one of the particles is derived…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-18 A. Di Piazza , A. I. Milstein , C. Müller

The main purpose of this work is the investigation of the influence of electron-positron-ion on the electrostatic wakefields that are driven by intense, short electromagnetic wave packets in a three component unmagnetized plasma. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Magdy Yassin EL Ashry , EL Sayed Ibrahim Shalaan

It is shown that delocalized vortex solitons in relativistic pair plasmas with small temperature asymmetries can be unstable for intermediate intensities of the background electromagnetic field. Instability leads to the generation of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-09-17 V. I. Berezhiani , N. L. Shatashvili , S. M. Mahajan , B. N. Aleksić

The non-perturbative electron-positron pair production (Schwinger effect) is considered for space- and time-dependent electric fields $\vec{E}(\vec{x},t)$. Based on the Dirac-Heisenberg-Wigner (DHW), formalism we derive a system of partial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-23 Florian Hebenstreit , Reinhard Alkofer , Holger Gies