Published February 15, 2009
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Journal article
Schwinger pair production at finite temperature in QED
- 1. Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791 (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Department of Physics, Kunsan National University, Kunsan 573-701, Korea and Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 790-784 (Korea, Republic of)
Description
We use the evolution operator method to find the Schwinger pair-production rate at finite temperature in scalar and spinor QED by counting the vacuum production, the induced production, and the stimulated annihilation from the initial ensemble. It is shown that the pair-production rate for each state is factorized into the mean number at zero temperature and the initial thermal distribution for bosons and fermions.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.045024;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0811.0349v3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 79
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 045024-045024.5
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41010871
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; BOSONS; DISTRIBUTION; FERMIONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCHWINGER FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society