Chiral anomaly, Schwinger effect, Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian and application to axion inflation

Abstract Particle production in strong electromagnetic fields is a recurring theme in solid state physics, heavy ion collisions, early universe cosmology and formal quantum field theory. In this paper we discuss the Dirac equation in a background of parallel electric and magnetic fields. We review t...

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Main Authors: Valerie Domcke, Yohei Ema, Kyohei Mukaida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)055