Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields
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Soffel, M; Müller, B; Greiner, W
Published in: Physics Reports
January 1, 1982
We consider various gauge fields coupled to the free Dirac equation according to symmetry principles. The gauge fields are treated as classical, unquantized fields. Sufficiently strong time-independent fields may give rise to spontaneous particle creation and to the decay of the symmetric Dirac vacuum into a new ground state with broken symmetry. The vacuum stability of the Dirac field is studied for the cases of external electromagnetic (U(1)), gravitational (Poincaré group including torsion) and Yang-Mills (SU(2)) potentials. © 1982.
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0370-1573
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
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85
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2
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51 / 122
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
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Soffel, M., Müller, B., & Greiner, W. (1982). Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields. Physics Reports, 85(2), 51–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(82)90129-6
Soffel, M., B. Müller, and W. Greiner. “Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields.” Physics Reports 85, no. 2 (January 1, 1982): 51–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(82)90129-6.
Soffel M, Müller B, Greiner W. Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields. Physics Reports. 1982 Jan 1;85(2):51–122.
Soffel, M., et al. “Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields.” Physics Reports, vol. 85, no. 2, Jan. 1982, pp. 51–122. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0370-1573(82)90129-6.
Soffel M, Müller B, Greiner W. Stability and decay of the Dirac vacuum in external gauge fields. Physics Reports. 1982 Jan 1;85(2):51–122.
Published In
Physics Reports
DOI
ISSN
0370-1573
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Volume
85
Issue
2
Start / End Page
51 / 122
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences