Nonuniform external fields and vacuum properties in a two-dimensional gauge theory

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.2814

Title: Nonuniform external fields and vacuum properties in a two-dimensional gauge theory

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We compute the effective action for scalar electrodynamics in two-dimensional space-time, to the one-loop order, for a two-parameter solitonlike family of nonuniform electric fields. We find that the vacuum is always dia-electric for this class of fields. The electric permeability results to be a decreasing function of the field strength and an increasing function of the field extension.

Authors:: De Vega, H J; Schaposnik, F A

Publication Date:: 1982-11-15

Research Org.:: Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies-Paris, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France

OSTI Identifier:: 6572130

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 26:10

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; SPACE-TIME; GAUGE INVARIANCE; VACUUM STATES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SCALAR FIELDS; SOLITONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; QUASI PARTICLES; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory

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                    De Vega, H J, and Schaposnik, F A. Nonuniform external fields and vacuum properties in a two-dimensional gauge theory.  United States: N. p., 1982. 
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                    De Vega, H J, & Schaposnik, F A. Nonuniform external fields and vacuum properties in a two-dimensional gauge theory.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.2814

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  abstractNote = {We compute the effective action for scalar electrodynamics in two-dimensional space-time, to the one-loop order, for a two-parameter solitonlike family of nonuniform electric fields. We find that the vacuum is always dia-electric for this class of fields. The electric permeability results to be a decreasing function of the field strength and an increasing function of the field extension.},

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