Pair production induced by quantum electrodynamic vacuum polarization in pulsars

Quantum vacuum influence on pulsars spindown evolution

Parton Production Via Vacuum Polarization

For high matter and/or energy densities a deconfined state of matter, the so-called quark-gluon plasma (QGP) has been predicted to exist [1]. Its production is expected for ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions (URHIC) at RHIC and LHC. No direct signatures for its presence are experimentally accessible. In order to be able to decide which indirect ones could be available, detailed knowledge ab...

Gutzwiller’s trace formula and vacuum pair production

We propose a new application of the Gutzwiller trace formula formalism, to give a compact expression for the semiclassical vacuum pair production rate in quantum electrodynamics, for general inhomogeneous electromagnetic background fields. PACS numbers: 11.27.+d, 03.65.Sq The Gutzwiller trace formula has found a wide variety of applications in theoretical and mathematical physics [1–4]. Here we...

Pair Production and Vacuum Polarization of Arbitrary Spin Particles with EDM and AMM

The exact solutions of the wave equation for arbitrary spin particles with electric dipole and magnetic moments in the constant and uniform electromagnetic field were found. The differential probability of pair production of particles by an external electromagnetic field has been calculated on the basis of the exact solutions. We have also estimated the imaginary part of the constant and unifor...

Gluon Pair Production from a Space-Time Dependent Classical Chromofield via Vacuum Polarization

We investigate the production of gluon pairs from a space-time dependent classical chromofield via vacuum polarization within the framework of the background field method of QCD. The investigation of the production of gluon pairs is important in the study of the evolution of the quark-gluon plasma in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC.