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Published November 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

N-photon amplitudes in a plane-wave background

  • 1. Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Edificio C-3, Apdo. Postal 2-82, Morelia, Michoacán, 58040 (Mexico)

Description

We use the worldline formalism to derive master formulas for the one-loop N-photon amplitudes in a plane-wave background, for both scalar and spinor quantum electrodynamics. This generalises previous work by Ilderton and Torgrimsson for the vacuum polarisation case, although with some change in methodology since, instead of evaluating the path integral on the semi-classical trajectory, we use the special kinematics of the plane-wave background to uncover the crypto-gaussian character of this type of worldline path integral.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136696

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DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136696;
PII
S0370269321006365;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
822
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.