Gravitational corrections to the Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bastianelli, Fiorenzo ^a,b   Dvila, José Manuel ^c   Schubert, Christian ^a,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Electromagnetic processes and properties; Models of quantum gravity; Nonperturbative effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649512597     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/086     Document Type: Article

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