Abstract
An analytical result for Euler-Heisenberg effective action, valid for electron spin g-factor |g|<2, was extended to the domain |g|>2 via discovered periodicity of the effective action. This allows for a simplified computation of vacuum instability modified by the electron's measured g=2.002319. We find a strong suppression of vacuum decay into electron positron pairs when magnetic fields are dominant. The result is reminiscent of mass catalysis by magnetic fields.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 016006 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jul 1 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)