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Schwinger effect

Schwinger effect noun: the predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.

Noun

Schwinger effect (uncountable)

  1. The predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.

Origin of Schwinger effect

After physicist Julian Schwinger, who was the first to give a full theoretical description of the effect (in 1951).

Questions about Schwinger effect

What does Schwinger effect mean?
Schwinger effect means the predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.
What part of speech is Schwinger effect?
Schwinger effect is a noun.

Words near Schwinger effect in the dictionary

  1. Schwind
  2. Schwinds
  3. Schwindt
  4. Schwindts
  5. schwing
  6. Schwinger effect
  7. schwingmoor
  8. schwingmoors
  9. Schwings
  10. Schwinn
  11. Schwinns

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