Published March 1, 2009
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Journal article
Vacuum-decay time in strong external fields
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721 (United States) and Department fuer Physik der Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet Muenchen und Maier-Leibniz-Laboratory, Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)
Description
We consider dynamics of vacuum decay and particle production in the context of short pulse laser experiments. We identify and evaluate the invariant ''materialization time,''τ, the time scale for the conversion of an electromagnetic field energy into particles and compare to the laser related time scales.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.057901;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0808.0874v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 79
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 057901-057901.4
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41010964
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER RADIATION; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; TAU PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; LEPTONS; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society