Dynamically assisted Schwinger mechanism

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.130404MaRDI QIDQ3107629zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ralf Schützhold, Holger Gies, Gerald V. Dunne

Publication date 26 December 2011

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0754

zbMATH Keywords

Schwinger mechanismDirac vacuum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: We study electron-positron pair creation {from} the Dirac vacuum induced by a strong and slowly varying electric field (Schwinger effect) which is superimposed by a weak and rapidly changing electromagnetic field (dynamical pair creation). In the sub-critical regime where both mechanisms separately are strongly suppressed, their combined impact yields a pair creation rate which is {dramatically} enhanced. Intuitively speaking, the strong electric field lowers the threshold for dynamical particle creation -- or, alternatively, the fast electromagnetic field generates additional seeds for the Schwinger mechanism. These findings could be relevant for planned ultra-high intensity lasers.

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