Interpretation of external fields as temperature

Berndt Müller; Walter Greiner; Johann Rafelski

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(77)90866-0

Interpretation of external fields as temperature

Berndt Müller, Walter Greiner, Johann Rafelski

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-183
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(77)90866-0
State	Published - Nov 14 1977
Externally published	Yes

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