Probing the Quantum Vacuum: Perturbative Effective Action Approach in Quantum Electrodynamics and Its Application

by Walter Dittrich and Holger Gies

Book Overview

This book is devoted to an investigation of the vacuum of quantum elec trodynamics (QED), relying on the perturbative effective action approach. If the vacuum is probed with external perturbations, the response of the system can be analyzed after averaging over the high energy degrees of freedom. This results in an effective description of the properties of the vacuum, which are comparable to the properties of a classical medium. We concentrate primarily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642086861
• ISBN13: 9783642086861
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"