2022-03-09 15:00  Online

[Journal Club] Angular Momentum Inheritance from the Schwinger Effect in (Chromo)electromagnetic Fields

Patrick Copinger

Fermion pairs generated via the Schwinger effect possessing angular momentum are analyzed in (chromo)electromagnetic fields, which mimic the early stages of a heavy-ion collision. It is found that the angular momentum density of produced pairs is proportional to that of the background fields. We analyze this both at a heuristic classical level by evaluating Wong’s equations and out-of-equilibrium to one-loop using the in-in formalism.