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An effective equation for describing the decay of an electron-positron vacuum in an intense electromagnetic field

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The instability of an electron-positron vacuum in an intense laser field is studied. An equation describing the decay of the electron-positron vacuum in the focal region of two strong opposing laser beams is derived on the basis of the generalized dynamical equation.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia

    R. Kh. Gainutdinov, A. A. Mutydullina & M. A. Khamadeev

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Original Russian Text © R.Kh. Gainutdinov, A.A. Mutydullina, M.A. Khamadeev, 2012, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2012, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 314–317.

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Gainutdinov, R.K., Mutydullina, A.A. & Khamadeev, M.A. An effective equation for describing the decay of an electron-positron vacuum in an intense electromagnetic field. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 76, 272–275 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873812030094

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