Light bending by a Coulomb field and the Aichelburg-Sexl ultraboost

Abstract

We use light deflection by a Coulomb field, due to non-linear quantum electrodynamics effects, as an opportunity for a pedagogical discussion of the electrodynamical analog of the Aichelburg-Sexl ultraboost.

16 pages, no figures

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