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Role of switching-on and -off effects in the vacuum instability

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Author(s):
Adorno, T. C. [1, 2] ; Ferreira, R. [3] ; Gavrilov, S. P. [4, 1] ; Gitman, D. M. [3, 1, 5]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Tomsk State Univ, Dept Phys, Lenin Prospekt 36, Tomsk 634050 - Russia
[2] Hebei Univ, Coll Phys Sci & Technol, Wusidong Rd 180, Baoding 071002 - Peoples R China
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, Caixa Postal 66318, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[4] Herzen State Pedag Univ Russia, Dept Gen & Expt Phys, Moyka Embankment 48, St Petersburg 191186 - Russia
[5] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow 119991 - Russia
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: International Journal of Modern Physics A; v. 33, n. 11 APR 20 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

We find exact differential mean numbers of fermions and bosons created from the vacuum due to a composite electric field of special configuration. This configuration imitates a finite switching-on and-off regime and consists of fields that switch on exponentially from the infinitely remote past, remains constant during a certain interval T and switch off exponentially to the infinitely remote future. We show that calculations in the slowly varying field approximation are completely predictable in the framework of a locally constant field approximation. Beyond the slowly varying field approximation, we study effects of fast switching on and off in a number of cases when the size of the dimensionless parameter root eET is either close or exceeds the threshold value that determines the transition from a regime sensitive to on-off parameters to the slowly varying regime for which these effects are secondary. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/03319-6 - Non perturbative methods in quantum theory and QFT and their application to actual physical problems
Grantee:Dmitri Maximovitch Guitman
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants