Schwinger pair production via instantons in strong electric fields

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Kim, Sang Pyo ^a,b   Page, Don N ^b  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE;

EID: 0037053218     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.105002     Document Type: Article

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