Pair creation of open strings in an electric field

1992/09/10 by C. Bachas, M. Porrati · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)90806-f

published as Phys.Lett. B296 (1992) 77-84 · 13 pages, CPTH-A182.0892

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Abstract

We calculate exactly the rate of pair production of open bosonic and supersymmetric strings in a constant electric field. The rate agrees with Schwinger's classic result in the weak-field limit, but diverges when the electric field approaches some critical value of the order of the string tension. (Phyzzx file)

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