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Time traps for electron-positron pairs

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11036v1
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 07:14:13 GMT
Title: Time traps for electron-positron pairs
Authors: Iwo Bialynicki-Birula and Zofia Bialynicka-Birula
Abstract summary: The naive one-particle interpretation of the Dirac wave function fails in this case completely. Simple electromagnetic field which produces this effect was undeniably concocted and may look artificial but the phenomenon of time traps seems real.
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Abstract: Analytical solutions of the Dirac equation in an external electromagnetic field are found such that according to the field-theoretic interpretation electron-positron pairs are trapped for a period of time. The naive one-particle interpretation of the Dirac wave function fails in this case completely. Simple electromagnetic field which produces this effect was undeniably concocted and may look artificial but the phenomenon of time traps seems real.

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