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Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Stability of the Magnetized Vacuum

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-08-23 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The recent claim [arXiv:hep-th/0603070, arXiv:hep-th/0605020] that there exists in QED a maximum magnetic field of 10^{42} G, above which the magnetized vacuum becomes unstable with respect to the so-called "positronium collapse" is critically examined and unequivocally refuted.

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@article{arxiv.0912.1994,
  title  = {Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Stability of the Magnetized Vacuum},
  author = {Shang-Yung Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1994},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Contribution to Proceedings of Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09), Norman, OK, September 21-25, 2009