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Exact Pair Production Rate for a Smooth Potential Step
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exactpairpotentialproductionratesmoothstepcharged
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We derive the exact rate of pair production of oppositely charged scalar particles by a smooth potential proportional to tanh kz in three dimensions. As a check we recover from this the known results for an infinitely sharp step as well as for a uniform electric field.
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