Reducible contributions to quantum electrodynamics in external fields
Reducible contributions to quantum electrodynamics in external fields
Ahmadiniaz, N.; Edwards, J. P.; Ilderton, A.
We consider one-particle reducible (1PR) contributions to QED and scalar QED processes in external fields, at one-loop and two-loop order. We investigate three cases in detail: constant crossed fields, constant magnetic fields, and plane waves. We find that 1PR tadpole contributions in plane waves and constant crossed fields are non-zero, but contribute only divergences to be renormalised away. In constant magnetic fields, on the other hand, tadpole contributions give physical corrections to processes at one-loop and beyond. Our calculations are exact in the external fields and we give strong and weak field expansions in the magnetic case.
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Journal of High Energy Physics 05(2019), 038
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2019)038
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arXiv:1901.09416 [hep-th]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09416
Permalink: https://www.hzdr.de/publications/Publ-29739