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Dynamically Assisted Schwinger Mechanism
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We study electron-positron pair creation from the Dirac vacuum induced by a strong and slowly varying electric field (Schwinger effect) which is superimposed by a weak and rapidly changing electromagnetic field (dynamical pair creation). In the subcritical regime where both mechanisms separately are strongly suppressed, their combined impact yields a pair creation rate which is dramatically enhanced. Intuitively speaking, the strong electric field lowers the threshold for dynamical particle creation--or, alternatively, the fast electromagnetic field generates additional seeds for the Schwinger mechanism. These findings could be relevant for planned ultrahigh intensity lasers.
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- Authors
- Schützhold, R., Gies, H., & Dunne, G.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2008-09-25
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 130404-130404
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1971670959
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 9.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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