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arxiv: hep-ph/0612136 · v2 · submitted 2006-12-11 · ✦ hep-ph

Second Order Corrections to QED Coupling at Low Temperature

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keywords temperaturesconstantcorrectionscouplingmediumordersecondtemperature
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We calculate the second order corrections to vacuum polarization tensor of photons at low temperatures, i.e; T $\le 10^{10}$ K ($T << m_e$). The thermal contributions to the QED coupling constant are evaluated at temperatures below the electron mass that is $T< m_e$ . Renormalization of QED at these temperatures has explicitly been checked. The electromagnetic properties of such a thermal medium are modified. Parameters like electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of such a medium are no more constant and become functions of temperature.

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