On the vacuum polarization density caused by an external field

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1137-1157

  Hainzl, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 11944267883     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-004-0194-4     Document Type: Article

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