Mesoscopic Schwinger effect

The production of particle–antiparticle pairs in a vacuum — the Schwinger effect — requires extreme conditions that are out of reach of tabletop experiments. A mesoscopic simulation of this phenomenon has now been carried out in graphene devices.

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Published inNature physics Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 768 - 769
Main Author Krishna Kumar, Roshan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2023
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Classical and Continuum Physics
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Condensed Matter Physics
Electric fields
Electromagnetism
Electrons
Graphene
Mathematical and Computational Physics
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Summary:The production of particle–antiparticle pairs in a vacuum — the Schwinger effect — requires extreme conditions that are out of reach of tabletop experiments. A mesoscopic simulation of this phenomenon has now been carried out in graphene devices.
ISSN:1745-2473
1745-2481
DOI:10.1038/s41567-023-02019-1