MULTIPLICITY DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRON-POSITRON PAIRS CREATED BY STRONG EXTERNAL FIELDS

被引:48
作者
BEST, C [1 ]
GREINER, W [1 ]
SOFF, G [1 ]
机构
[1] GESELL SCHWERIONENFORSCH GMBH, W-6100 DARMSTADT, GERMANY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.261
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We discuss the multiplicity distribution of electron-positron pairs created in the strong electromagnetic fields of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion transits. Based on nonperturbative expressions for the N-pair creation amplitudes, the Poisson distribution is derived by neglecting interference terms. The source of unitarity violation is identified in the vacuum-to-vacuum amplitude, and a perturbative expression for the mean number of pairs is given.
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页码:261 / 269
页数:9
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