Closed-form weak-field expansion of two-loop Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangians

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Dunne, Gerald V ^a   Huet, Adolfo ^a   Rivera, David ^b   Schubert, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic Processes and Properties; Nonperturbative Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846221997     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/11/013     Document Type: Review

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