On Schwinger's formula for pair production

DOI10.1142/S0217751X14300336zbMATH Open1294.81001arXiv1402.1638MaRDI QIDQ2877869FDOQ2877869

Authors: W. Dittrich 

Publication date: 27 August 2014

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present some comments on Schwinger's calculation of electron-positron production in a prescribed constant electric field. The range of validity of 2 Im mathcal{L}^(1)(E) is discussed thoroughly and limiting cases are provided.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.1638

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zbMATH Keywords

Nikishov's virial representationpair production-Schwinger's formulaQED effective action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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