Gutzwiller's trace formula and vacuum pair production

We propose a new application of the Gutzwiller trace formula formalism, to give a compact expression for the semiclassical vacuum pair production rate in quantum electrodynamics, for general inhomogeneous electromagnetic background fields.

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11.27.+d
03.65.Sq
quantum electrodynamics
finite temperature
field theory: Euclidean
charged particle
effective action
pair production: vacuum
analytic properties
electromagnetic field: background field

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