Relativistic charged particles in the field of an electromagnetic plane wave in a medium

William Becker

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1977, vol. 87, issue 3, 601-613

Abstract: Solutions of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equation for a charged particle in the field of an electromagnetic plane wave in a medium with a constant refractive index n are discussed. Generally, for n2 < 1, spontaneous pair creation from the vacuum, and for n2 > 1, energy bands are observed. The interplay of Compton and Cherenkov scattering is discussed. Some doubts are formulated as to the physical relevance of calculating pair creation in a homogeneous electric field as it is usually done.

Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(77)90052-8

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