Nonlinear Electromagnetic Forces in Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2013-03-20 v1
Abstract
Electromagnetism becomes a nonlinear theory having (effective) photon-photon interactions due at least to electron-positron fluctuations in the vacuum. We discuss the consequences of the nonlinearity for the force felt by a charge probe particle, and compare the impact of Euler-Kockel QED effective nonlinearity to the possibility of Born-Infeld-type nonlinearity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.4653,
title = {Nonlinear Electromagnetic Forces in Astrophysics},
author = {Lance Labun and Jan Rafelski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.4653},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
14 pages, 2 figures, Acta Phys Pol B style, presented by LL at 52 Krakow School of Theoretical Physics: Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era, Zakopane, May 19-27, 2012