Pair creation of open strings in an electric field

C. Bachas; M. Porrati

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)90806-F

Pair creation of open strings in an electric field

C. Bachas, M. Porrati

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We calculate exactly the rate of pair production of open bosonic and supersymmetric strings in a constant electric field. The rate agrees with Schwinger's classic result in the weak-field limit, but diverges when the electric field approaches some critical value of the order of the string tension.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-84
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	296
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90806-F
State	Published - Dec 10 1992

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