We study plasma oscillations of electrons-positron pairs created by the vacuum polarization in an uniform electric field. Our treatment, encompassing also the case of E > Ec, shows the existence in both cases of a maximum Lorentz factor acquired by electrons and positrons and allows determination of the a maximal length of oscillation. We quantitatively estimate how plasma oscillations reduce the rate of pair creation and increase the time scale of the pair production. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.

Vacuum polarization and electron-positron plasma oscillations / Ruffini, Remo; G. V., Vereshchagin; S. S., Xue. - In: AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0094-243X. - 966:(2008), pp. 207-212. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th Italian-Sino Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics tenutosi a Pescara; Italy nel 20 July 2007 through 28 July 2007) [10.1063/1.2836996].

Vacuum polarization and electron-positron plasma oscillations

RUFFINI, Remo;
2008

Abstract

We study plasma oscillations of electrons-positron pairs created by the vacuum polarization in an uniform electric field. Our treatment, encompassing also the case of E > Ec, shows the existence in both cases of a maximum Lorentz factor acquired by electrons and positrons and allows determination of the a maximal length of oscillation. We quantitatively estimate how plasma oscillations reduce the rate of pair creation and increase the time scale of the pair production. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.
2008
4th Italian-Sino Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics
plasma oscillations; vacuum polarization
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Vacuum polarization and electron-positron plasma oscillations / Ruffini, Remo; G. V., Vereshchagin; S. S., Xue. - In: AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0094-243X. - 966:(2008), pp. 207-212. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th Italian-Sino Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics tenutosi a Pescara; Italy nel 20 July 2007 through 28 July 2007) [10.1063/1.2836996].
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