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