Quantum Theory Seminar

Exact Schwinger mechanism with scalar fields

by Arthur Vereijken (University Kielce)

Europe/Berlin
Abbeanum/Ground floor-HS 2 - Hörsaal 2 (TPI, FSU Jena)

Abbeanum/Ground floor-HS 2 - Hörsaal 2

TPI, FSU Jena

50
Description

The Schwinger mechanism is a nonperturbative process in which electron-positron pairs are created from the vacuum due to an external static electric field. We will go over an analogous model which involves scalar fields and is exactly solvable. We will also discuss previous literature about this model and why our results are different.