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Smolyansky S. A., Blashke D. B., Tarakanov A. V., Shmidt S. M. Vacuum particle creation in strong fields: statistical aspects. Izvestiya VUZ. Applied Nonlinear Dynamics, 2009, vol. 17, iss. 5, pp. 17-29. DOI: 10.18500/0869-6632-2009-17-5-17-29

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Review of Actual Problems of Nonlinear Dynamics
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533.9, 539.1
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10.18500/0869-6632-2009-17-5-17-29

Vacuum particle creation in strong fields: statistical aspects

Autors: 
Smolyansky Stanislav Aleksandrovich, Saratov State University
Blashke David B., University of Rostock
Tarakanov Aleksandr Viktorovich, Saratov State University
Shmidt Sebastjan M., Technical University of Dortmund
Abstract: 

In the present review we summarize the known informations about the evolution of a strongly nonequilibrium quasiparticle electron-positron plasma created from the vacuum under the influence of a strong nonstationary electromagnetic field. The methodical basis is given by quantum kinetic equations of the non-Markovian type which are nonperturbative consequences of the basic equations of QED in the collisionless approximation.

Key words: 
Vacuum creation
electron-positron plasma
kinetic equation
Schwinger effect
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Received: 
22.06.2009
Accepted: 
22.06.2009
Published: 
30.10.2009
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