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Formulation of the Schwinger mechanism in classical statistical field theory

François Gelis¹ and Naoto Tanji^1,2

¹Institut de Physique Théorique (URA 2306 du CNRS), CEA/DSM/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
²High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan

Phys. Rev. D 87, 125035 – Published 27 June, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.125035

Abstract

In this paper, we show how classical statistical field theory techniques can be used to efficiently perform the numerical evaluation of the nonperturbative Schwinger mechanism of particle production by quantum tunneling. In some approximation, we also consider the backreaction of the produced particles on the external field, as well as the self-interactions of the produced particles.

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