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On the Influence of Pauli Blocking on Pair Creation in Strong Electric Field

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We consider electron–positron plasma in strong electric field capable of creating electron–positron pairs. The dynamics of pair creation and plasma oscillations depends on pair distribution function. Assuming Fermi–Dirac distribution we found that for small temperatures pair creation is suppressed, while for small chemical potentials it is enhanced, with respect to the case when plasma degeneracy is neglected. Astrophysical settings where such conditions may occur are discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to Alexander Fedotov for the discussions on the inverse Schwinger process.

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This work is supported within the joint BRFFR-ICRANet-2023 funding programme under the grant no. F23ICR-001.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Belarusian State University, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    M. A. Prakapenia

  2. ICRANet-Minsk, Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    M. A. Prakapenia & G. V. Vereshchagin

  3. ICRANet, 65122, Pescara, Italy

    G. V. Vereshchagin

  4. ICRA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    G. V. Vereshchagin

  5. INAF—Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, 00133, Rome, Italy

    G. V. Vereshchagin

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Paper presented at the Fifth Zeldovich meeting, an international conference in honor of Ya.B. Zeldovich held in Yerevan, Armenia on June 12–16, 2023. Published by the recommendation of the special editors: R. Ruffini, N. Sahakyan and G.V. Vereshchagin.

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Prakapenia, M.A., Vereshchagin, G.V. On the Influence of Pauli Blocking on Pair Creation in Strong Electric Field. Astron. Rep. 67 (Suppl 2), S170–S174 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772923140159

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