TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpretation of external fields as temperature
AU - Müller, Berndt
AU - Greiner, Walter
AU - Rafelski, Johann
PY - 1977/11/14
Y1 - 1977/11/14
N2 - We show that average excitation of the vacuum state in the presence of an external electric field can be described by an effective temperature kT = eE (2πm). We present a qualitative generalization of our result to other interactions. Some phenomenological implications concerning matter at low temperatures in strong electric fields (105 V/cm) are offered.
AB - We show that average excitation of the vacuum state in the presence of an external electric field can be described by an effective temperature kT = eE (2πm). We present a qualitative generalization of our result to other interactions. Some phenomenological implications concerning matter at low temperatures in strong electric fields (105 V/cm) are offered.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(77)90866-0
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(77)90866-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24844467688
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 63
SP - 181
EP - 183
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 3
ER -