Pair production in a strong electric field
- 28 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 67 (18), 2427-2430
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.67.2427
Abstract
We investigate the mechanism of pair creation in scalar QED from spatially homogeneous strong electric fields in 1+1 dimensions. Solution of the semiclassical field equations shows particle creation followed by plasma oscillations. We compare our results with a model based on a relativistic Boltzmann-Vlasov equation with a pair-creation source term related to the Schwinger mechanism. The time evolution of the electric field and the current obtained from the Boltzmann-Vlasov model is surprisingly similar to that found in the semiclassical calculation.Keywords
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