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Pair production by boost-invariant fields in comoving coordinates

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We derive the pair-production probability in a constant electric field in Rindler coordinates in a quasi-classical approximation. Our result is different from the pair-production probability in an inertial frame (Schwinger formula). In particular, it exhibits non-trivial dependence on rapidity and deviation from Gaussian behavior at small transverse momenta. Our results can be important for analysis of particle production in heavy-ion collisions.

Source: Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics

DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/34/12/008

Author: Kirill Tuchin

Language: English

Topic: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, RIKEN

Awards: G2143099565, G338944111, G5292656900, G969889393

OpenAlex ID: W2005532013

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Cites: 29

Cited by: 1

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