Published February 15, 1983 | Version v1
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Vacuum instability and the critical value of the coupling parameter in scalar QED

Creators

  • 1. Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Description

Using the coherent state as a trial wave function describing the particle-antiparticle condensate if the coupling parameter αequivalente2/4π exceeds some critical value α/sub c/, we find α/sub c/ = 2.543 for scalar QED

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
969-975
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14780700
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING CONSTANTS; DIRAC EQUATION; EIGENVALUES; ELECTRONS; HAMILTONIANS; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; MASS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCALAR FIELDS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; WAVE EQUATIONS