Evaluation of the effective potential in quantum electrodynamics
- 15 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 19 (10) , 2929-2934
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.19.2929
Abstract
Starting with Schwinger's proper-time integral in QED, we here present the analytical and numerical evaluation of the one-loop effective potential in the presence of a constant prescribed magnetic (electric) field.Keywords
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