Reducible contributions to quantum electrodynamics in external fields

Autor: Naser Ahmadiniaz, James P. Edwards, Anton Ilderton
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2019, Iss 5, Pp 1-35 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2019)038
Popis: Abstract We consider one-particle reducible (1PR) contributions to QED and scalar QED processes in external fields, at one-loop and two-loop order. We investigate three cases in detail: constant crossed fields, constant magnetic fields, and plane waves. We find that 1PR tadpole contributions in plane waves and constant crossed fields are non-zero, but contribute only divergences to be renormalised away. In constant magnetic fields, on the other hand, tadpole contributions give physical corrections to processes at one loop and beyond. Our calculations are exact in the external fields and we give strong and weak field expansions in the magnetic case.
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