Exact Schwinger mechanism with scalar fields

by Arthur Vereijken (University Kielce)

Thursday 25 Apr 2024, 14:15 → 15:45 Europe/Berlin

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

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.