https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12473-x
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Assisted vacuum decay by time-dependent electric fields
1
Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328, Dresden, Germany
2
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01068, Dresden, Germany
* e-mail: a.otto@hzdr.de
Received:
27
September
2017
Accepted:
23
December
2017
Published online:
19
February
2018
We consider the vacuum decay by electron-positron pair production in spatially homogeneous, time-dependent electric fields by means of quantum kinetic equations. Our focus is on the impact of various pulse shapes as envelopes of oscillating fields and the assistance effects in multi-scale fields, which are also seen in photons accompanying the creation and motion of pairs.
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