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Vacuum stabilized by anomalous magnetic moment

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-07-18 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

An analytical result for Euler-Heisenberg effective action, valid for electron spin gg-factor g<2|g|<2, was extended to the domain g>2|g|>2 via discovered periodicity of the effective action. This allows for a simplified computation of vacuum instability modified by the electrons measured g=2.002319g=2.002319. We find a strong suppression of vacuum decay into electron positron pairs when magnetic fields are dominant. The result is reminiscent of mass catalysis by magnetic fields.

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@article{arxiv.1805.03622,
  title  = {Vacuum stabilized by anomalous magnetic moment},
  author = {Stefan Evans and Johann Rafelski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.03622},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages including 2 figures, Physical Review D in press

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