Schwinger Pair Production in SL$(2,\mathbb{C})$ Topologically Non-Trivial Fields via Non-Abelian Worldline Instantons

Abstract

Schwinger pair production is analyzed in a BPST instanton background and in its SL$(2,\mathbb{C})$ complex extension for complex scalar particles. A non-Abelian extension of the worldline instanton method is utilized, wherein Wong's equations in a coherent state picture adopted for SL$(2,\mathbb{C})$ are solved in Euclidean spacetime. While pair production is not predicted in the BPST instanton, a complex extension of the BPST instanton, existing as parallel fields in Minkowski spacetime, is shown to decay via the Schwinger effect.

13 pages, 0 figures; version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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