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hep-th2019★ 45 cited
Towards Schwinger production of magnetic monopoles in heavy-ion collisions
Oliver Gould, David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
Magnetic monopoles may be produced by the Schwinger effect in the strong magnetic fields of peripheral heavy-ion collisions. We review the form of the electromagnetic fields in suc…
hep-th2018★ 26 cited
Worldline sphaleron for thermal Schwinger pair production
Oliver Gould, Arttu Rajantie, Cheng Xie
With increasing temperatures, Schwinger pair production changes from a quantum tunnelling to a classical, thermal process, determined by a worldline sphaleron. We show this and cal…
hep-th2017★ 70 cited
Thermal Schwinger pair production at arbitrary coupling
Oliver Gould, Arttu Rajantie
We calculate the rate of thermal Schwinger pair production at arbitrary coupling in weak external fields. Our calculations are valid independently of many properties of the charged…