Schwinger formula revisited

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2839-2846

  Haro, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pair production; Schwinger's formula; Semiclassical approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843077295     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJTP.0000006010.23439.33     Document Type: Article

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