Backreaction and Particle Production in (3+1)-dimensional QED

Details Backreaction and Particle Production in (3+1)-dimensional QED Backreaction and Particle Production in (3+1)-dimensional QED

2009-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/0905.1360v2

Phys. Rev. D 78, 116017 (2008)

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

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We study the fermion pair production from a strong electric field in boost-invariant coordinates in (3+1) dimensions and exploit the cylindrical symmetry of the problem. This problem has been used previously as a toy model for populating the central-rapidity region of a heavy-ion collision (when we can replace the electric by a chromoelectric field). We derive and solve the renormalized equations for the dynamics of the mean electric field and current of the produced particles, when the field is taken to be a function only of the fluid proper time $\tau = \sqrt{t^2-z^2}$. We determine the proper-time evolution of the comoving energy density and pressure of the ensuing plasma and the time evolution of suitable interpolating number operators. We find that unlike in (1+1) dimensions, the energy density closely follows the longitudinal pressure. The transverse momentum distribution of fermion pairs at large momentum is quite different and larger than that expected from the constant field result.

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