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Schwinger effect in inhomogeneous electric fields
Florian Hebenstreit
The vacuum of quantum electrodynamics is unstable against the formation of many-body states in the presence of an external electric field, manifesting itself as the creation of ele…
Strong field effects in laser pulses: the Wigner formalism
Florian Hebenstreit, Anton Ilderton, Mattias Marklund +1
We investigate strong field vacuum effects using a phase space approach based on the Wigner formalism. We calculate the Wigner function in a strong null-field background exactly, u…
Momentum signatures for Schwinger pair production in short laser pulses with a sub-cycle structure
Florian Hebenstreit, Reinhard Alkofer, Gerald V. Dunne +1
We investigate electron-positron pair production from vacuum for short laser pulses with sub-cycle structure, in the nonperturbative regime (Schwinger pair production). We use the…
Pair Production Beyond the Schwinger Formula in Time-Dependent Electric Fields
Florian Hebenstreit, Reinhard Alkofer, Holger Gies
We investigate electron-positron pair production in pulse-shaped electric background fields using a non-Markovian quantum kinetic equation. We identify a pulse-length range for sub…