Pair production of open strings - relativistic versus dissipative dynamics

Citation
C. Acatrinei et R. Iengo, Pair production of open strings - relativistic versus dissipative dynamics, NUCL PHYS B, 539(3), 1999, pp. 513-532
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
ISSN journal
05503213 → ACNP
Volume
539
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
513 - 532
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(19990201)539:3<513:PPOOS->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We study the pair production of open strings in constant external electric fields, using a general framework which encodes both relativistic string th eory and generic linearly extended systems as well. In the relativistically invariant case we recover previous results, both for pair production and f or the effective Born-Infeld action. We then derive a non-relativistic limi t - where the propagation velocity along the string is much smaller than th e velocity of light - obtaining quantum dissipation. We calculate the pair nucleation rate for this case, which could be relevant for applications, (C ) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.