Resonant pair production in strong electric fields

Cornwall, JM; Tiktopoulos, G

dc.contributor.author	Cornwall, JM	en
dc.contributor.author	Tiktopoulos, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:07:39Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:07:39Z
dc.date.issued	1989	en
dc.identifier.issn	0556-2821	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/10093
dc.subject.classification	Astronomy & Astrophysics	en
dc.subject.classification	Physics, Particles & Fields	en
dc.title	Resonant pair production in strong electric fields	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1103/PhysRevD.39.334	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.39.334	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1989	en
heal.abstract	We show that strong classical electric fields with certain kinds of space-time variation can create e+e- pairs which are strongly resonant in energy and momentum. These resonance effects are peculiar to spin (1/2, and are allowed because of the unconventional structure of a unitarity relation governing the pair-production process. This relation is a physical expression of the Klein paradox. The general principles are illustrated with exact solutions of idealized examples. © 1989 The American Physical Society.	en
heal.publisher	AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC	en
heal.journalName	Physical Review D	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1103/PhysRevD.39.334	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1989R659600030	en
dc.identifier.volume	39	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	334	en
dc.identifier.epage	339	en