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arxiv: 0906.1422 · v2 · submitted 2009-06-08 · ✦ hep-th

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Exact Pair Production Rate for a Smooth Potential Step

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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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