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arxiv: 0810.1323 · v4 · submitted 2008-10-08 · ✦ hep-ph · gr-qc· hep-th

QED Energy-Momentum Trace as a Force in Astrophysics

classification ✦ hep-ph gr-qchep-th
keywords electromagneticenergy-momentumquantumtraceastrophysicscompactexhibitexternal
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We study the properties of the trace $\Tmm$ of the QED energy-momentum tensor in the presence of quasi-constant external electromagnetic fields. We exhibit the origin of $\Tmm$ in the quantum nonlinearity of the electromagnetic theory. We obtain the quantum vacuum fluctuation-induced interaction of a particle with the field of a strongly magnetized compact stellar object.

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