| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8194935 | Physics Letters B | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
It was recently conjectured by Shabad and Usov that there exists in QED a maximum magnetic field of 1042G, above which the magnetized vacuum becomes unstable. Using a nonperturbative analysis that consistently incorporates the effective electron mass and the screening effect in a strong magnetic field, we show that the conjectured phenomenon of positronium collapse never takes place. Thus, there does not exist a maximum magnetic field in QED and the magnetized vacuum is stable for all values of the magnetic field.
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Authors
Chung Ngoc Leung, Shang-Yung Wang,