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schwinger effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
schwinger -ef-fect
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Questions

What does schwinger effect mean?
The predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.
Where does schwinger effect come from?
After physicist Julian Schwinger, who was the first to give a full theoretical description of the effect (in 1951).

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