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Dynamically assisted Schwinger pair production in differently polarized electric fields with the frequency chirping

Abhinav Jangir* and Anees Ahmed†

  • Department of Physics, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

  • *Contact author: 2022rpy9087@mnit.ac.in
  • †Contact author: anees.phy@mnit.ac.in
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 036029 – Published 25 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/rygd-bkrv

Abstract

We investigate the enhanced dynamically assisted electron-positron pair production in differently polarized electric fields with frequency chirps within the real-time Dirac-Heisenberg-Wigner formalism. The combined influence of the chirp strength and the field polarization on the momentum distribution and the total number density of the created pairs is studied in detail for one-color fields as well as dynamically assisted two-color combined fields. Frequency chirps, applied in different field configurations, strongly reshape the momentum spectra by modifying the interference patterns and enhancing the peak momentum distribution. In the dynamically assisted case, the total number density can be enhanced significantly over 2–3 orders when large chirps are applied to both strong and weak fields. Furthermore, we observe that sensitivity of the number density to field polarization progressively diminishes as the chirp strength increases, a trend that holds for both one-color field and the assisted two-color combined fields. A comparison of different chirping scenarios shows that chirping only the weak field produces nearly the same enhancement in the pair yield as chirping both fields simultaneously, demonstrating that the weak-field chirp plays the dominant role in the chirp-induced enhancement of the dynamically assisted Schwinger mechanism. We also find the enhancement factor to be the largest near circular polarization in the chirp-free and weakly chirped regimes but is strongly suppressed with increasing weak-field chirp despite the continued growth of the absolute pair yield. These results provide new insight into the interplay among chirp, polarization, and dynamical assistance in strong-field quantum electrodynamics.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 036029– Published 25 August, 2026
  • Received 13 May 2026
  • Accepted 12 August 2026
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