Semi-Classical Dirac Vacuum Polarisation in a Scalar Field

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作者
Lampart, Jonas [1 ,2 ]
Lewin, Mathieu [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] PSL Res Univ, Pl Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, F-75775 Paris 16, France
[2] CEREMADE, UMR CNRS 7534, Pl Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, F-75775 Paris 16, France
[3] CNRS, Pl Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, F-75775 Paris 16, France
来源
ANNALES HENRI POINCARE | 2016年 / 17卷 / 08期
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
RELATIVISTIC MANY-BODY; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; DERIVATIVE EXPANSION; STABILITY; EXISTENCE; NUCLEAR; SEA;
D O I
10.1007/s00023-016-0472-y
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study vacuum polarisation effects of a Dirac field coupled to an external scalar field and derive a semi-classical expansion of the regularised vacuum energy. The leading order of this expansion is given by a classical formula due to Chin, Lee-Wick and Walecka, for which our result provides the first rigorous proof. We then discuss applications to the non-relativistic large-coupling limit of an interacting system, and to the stability of homogeneous systems.
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页码:1937 / 1954
页数:18
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