Two-loop Euler-Heisenberg QED pair-production rate

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 564, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 591-604

  Dunne, Gerald V ^a   Schubert, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b LAPTH   (France)

Author keywords

Borel summation; Effective action; Euler Heisenberg; Pair production; Two loop

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034627484     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00641-0     Document Type: Article

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