Schwinger pair production with ultracold atoms

We consider a system of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice as a quantum simulator for electron–positron pair production in quantum electrodynamics (QED). For a setup in one spatial dimension, we investigate the nonequilibrium phenomenon of pair production including the backreaction leading to pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: V. Kasper, F. Hebenstreit, M.K. Oberthaler, J. Berges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931630377X