https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2003-01329-7
theoretical physics
On the asymptotic behavior of effective QED at finite temperature
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Departamento de Física e Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus da Guaratinguetá, Av. Dr. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha 333, 12500-000, Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil
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Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01405-900, São Paulo, Brazil
The aim of this paper is to study finite temperature effects in effective quantum electrodynamics using Weisskopf’s zero-point energy method in the context of thermo field dynamics. After a general calculation for a weak magnetic field at fixed T, the asymptotic behavior of the Euler-Kockel-Heisenberg Lagrangian density is investigated focusing on the regularization requirements in the high temperature limit. In scalar QED the same problem is also discussed.
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