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In physics, the Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian describes the non-linear dynamics of electromagnetic fields in vacuum. It was first obtained by Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler〔W. Heisenberg and H. Euler, ''Folgerungen aus der Diracschen Theorie des Positrons'' Z. Phys. 98, 714 (1936).〕 in 1936. By treating the vacuum as a medium, it predicts rates of QED light interaction processes. == Physics == It takes into account vacuum polarization to one loop, and is valid for electromagnetic fields that change slowly compared to the inverse electron mass: : Here m is the electron mass, e the electron charge, , and . In the weak field limit, this becomes: It describes photon-photon scattering in QED; Karplus and Neuman calculated the full amplitude,〔R. Karplus and M. Neuman, “The Scattering of Light by Light”, Phys. Rev. 83, 776 (1951).〕 which is very small and has not been seen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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