Low-energy effective action in nonperturbative electrodynamics in curved space-time

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Avramidi, Ivan G ^a   Fucci, Guglielmo ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350745304     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3239508     Document Type: Article

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