Investigation of the quantum vacuum as an energy sink for subcritical and supercritical vaporization lasers

Jeffrey S. Lee; Gerald B. Cleaver

Heliyon (Jan 2020)

Investigation of the quantum vacuum as an energy sink for subcritical and supercritical vaporization lasers

Jeffrey S. Lee,
Gerald B. Cleaver

Affiliations

Jeffrey S. Lee: Early Universe Cosmology and Strings Group, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research
Gerald B. Cleaver: Early Universe Cosmology and Strings Group, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research; Department of Physics, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
p. e03210

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In this paper, it is shown that the quantum electrodynamic vacuum particle production rate by a vaporization laser is negligible and is not a significant energy sink at electric field strengths beyond the Schwinger Limit.

Published in Heliyon

ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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