Static electron-positron pair creation in strong fields for a non-linear Dirac model (Q2377331)

This article is devoted to the mathematical study of static pair creation in a non-linear model describing the polarized vacuum, taking into account the interactions between particles. It is shown that the probability of static electron-positron pair creation for the Dirac vacuum polarized by an external field of strength \(Z\) behaves as \({1-\exp(-\kappa Z^{2/3})}\) for \(Z\) large enough. The method involves two steps. First, the vacuum expectation of general quasi-free states in terms of their total number of particles, is estimated. Then, the asymptotics of the Hartree-Fock energy when \({Z \to +\infty}\) which gives the expected bounds are studied.