Eur. Phys. J. A (2017) 53: 51
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12244-3

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Holographic Schwinger effect with a moving D3-brane

¹ School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 430074, Wuhan, China
² Institute of Particle Physics and Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MOS), Central China Normal University, 430079, Wuhan, China

^* e-mail: zhangzq@cug.edu.cn

Received: 31 January 2017
Accepted: 23 February 2017
Published online: 15 March 2017

Abstract

We study the Schwinger effect with a moving D3-brane in a SYM plasma with the aid of AdS/CFT correspondence. We discuss the test particle pair moving transverse and parallel to the plasma wind, respectively. It is found that for both cases the presence of velocity tends to increase the Schwinger effect. In addition, the velocity has a stronger influence on the Schwinger effect when the pair moves transverse to the plasma wind rather than parallel.