Schwinger Pair Creation of Particles and Strings
Christian Schubert
TL;DR
This paper reviews the worldline instanton method for calculating Schwinger pair production rates across different theories, including one-loop and multiloop QED and open string theory.
Contribution
It provides a concise overview of the worldline instanton technique applied to various quantum field and string theories.
Findings
Effective calculation of pair production rates in QED and string theory.
Comparison of one-loop and multiloop results.
Application of the method to open string theory.
Abstract
I shortly review the worldline instanton method for calculating Schwinger pair production rates in (i) one-loop QED (ii) multiloop QED and (iii) one-loop open string theory.
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