Thermal Schwinger pair production at arbitrary coupling
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Gould, O
Rajantie, A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We calculate the rate of thermal Schwinger pair production at arbitrary coupling in weak external fields. Our calculations are valid independently of many properties of the charged particles produced, in particular their spin and whether they are electric or magnetic. Using the worldline formalism, we calculate the logarithm of the rate to leading order in the weak external field and to all orders in virtual photon exchange, taking us beyond the perturbative expansion about the leading order, weak coupling result.
Date Issued
2017-10-05
Date Acceptance
2017-06-23
Citation
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2017, 96 (7)
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
96
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The American Physical Society
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/L00044X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
WEINBERG-SALAM THEORY
FINITE-TEMPERATURE
FIELD-THEORY
FALSE-VACUUM
NONPERTURBATIVE SCATTERING
STATISTICAL-MECHANICS
PARTICLE-PRODUCTION
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
GAUGE-THEORIES
BPS MONOPOLES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
076002