Search for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger mechanism.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
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Date de publication:
02 2022
02 2022
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06
2021
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12
2021
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2
2022
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2022
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2022
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Résumé
Electrically charged particles can be created by the decay of strong enough electric fields, a phenomenon known as the Schwinger mechanism
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pubmed: 35110756
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04298-1
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-04298-1
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