Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
We examine the spontaneous breakdown of the matter vacuum triggered by an external force of arbitrary strength and spatial and temporal variations. We derive a nonperturbative framework that permits the computation of the complete time evolution of various multiple electron-positron pair probabilities. These time-dependent probabilities can be computed from a generating function as well as from solutions to a set of ratelike equations with coupling constants determined by the single-particle solutions to the time-dependent Dirac equation. This approach might be of relevance to the planned experiments to observe for the first time the laser-induced breakdown process of the vacuum.
Recommended Citation
Cheng, T; Su, Q; and Grobe, Rainer, "Creation of multiple electron-positron pairs in arbitrary fields" (2009). Faculty publications – Physics. 20.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpphys/20
Comments
Originally published in Physical Review A by the American Physical Society.