Birefringence and Dichroism of the QED Vacuum
arXiv:hep-ph/9705367 · doi:10.1088/0305-4470/30/18/022
Abstract
We use an analytic form for the Heisenberg-Euler Lagrangian to calculate the birefringent and dichroic properties of the vacuum for arbitrarily strong wrenchless fields. PACS : 12.20.Ds, 42.25.Lc 97.60.Jd, 98.70.Rz
8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Journal of Physics A
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