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Open string pair creation from worldsheet instantons

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Schubert,  Christian
Quantum Gravity & Unified Theories, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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1008.2068
(Preprint), 103KB

1751-8121_43_40_402003.pdf
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Schubert, C., & Torrielli, A. (2010). Open string pair creation from worldsheet instantons. Journal of Physics A, 43(40): 402003. doi:10.1088/1751-8113/43/40/402003.


Cite as: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-C44A-1
Abstract
Worldline instantons provide a particularly elegant way to derive Schwinger's well-known formula for the pair creation rate due to a constant electric field in quantum electrodynamics. In this note, we show how to extend this method to the corresponding problem of open string pair creation.