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Two Hartree-Fock models for the vacuum polarization

Mathematical Physics 2012-09-28 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We review recent results about the derivation and the analysis of two Hartree-Fock-type models for the polarization of vacuum. We pay particular attention to the variational construction of a self-consistent polarized vacuum, and to the physical agreement between our non-perturbative construction and the perturbative description provided by Quantum Electrodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1209.6338,
  title  = {Two Hartree-Fock models for the vacuum polarization},
  author = {Philippe Gravejat and Christian Hainzl and Mathieu Lewin and Eric Séré},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.6338},
  year   = {2012}
}
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