Stabilization of the Charged Vacuum Created by Very Strong Electrical Fields in Nuclear Matter
- 10 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 34 (6), 349-352
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.34.349
Abstract
The expectation value of electrical charge in charged vacuum is calculated utilizing the Thomas-Fermi model. We find almost complete screening of the nuclear charge. For any given nuclear density there is an upper bound for the electrical potential. For normal nuclear densities this value is - 250 MeV. This suggests that the vacuum is stable against spontaneous formation of heavy, charged particles.Keywords
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