Large orders in strong-field QED

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 39, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 11623-11645

  Heinzl, Thomas ^a   Schröder, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Science Computing ag   (Germany)

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EID: 33748302942     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: 13616447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/39/37/018     Document Type: Article

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