# Supercritically charged objects and electron-positron pair creation

@inproceedings{Xia2020SupercriticallyCO,
title={Supercritically charged objects and electron-positron pair creation},
author={Cheng-Jun Xia and She-Sheng Xue and Renxin Xu and Shan-Gui Zhou},
year={2020}
}
• Published 10 January 2020
• Physics
We investigate the stability and $e^+e^-$ pair creation of supercritical charged superheavy nuclei, $ud$QM nuggets, strangelets, and strangeon nuggets based on Thomas-Fermi approximation. The model parameters are fixed by reproducing their masses and charge properties reported in earlier publications. It is found that $ud$QM nuggets, strangelets, and strangeon nuggets may be more stable than ${}^{56}$Fe at $A\gtrsim 315$, $5\times10^4$, and $1.2\times10^8$, respectively. For those stable…
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