What Causes the Creation of Particle-Antiparticle Pairs in Fields?

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Particle-antiparticle pairs can be created due to perturbations in quantum fields, as discussed in the forum. The phenomenon is well-documented in the last chapter of the book by Sakurai, specifically in exercise four. This illustrates the relationship between field perturbations and particle generation, confirming that such pairs can arise under specific conditions.

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Hi,

Do particles arise from perturbations in fields?

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yes,it is possible to create particle antiparticle pair because of some perturbations in field.There is a nice example of calculation in sakurai book'last chapter'.exercise 4th example.
 

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