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arxiv: 0812.2729 · v1 · submitted 2008-12-15 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

The effective action in Einstein-Maxwell theory

classification 🌀 gr-qc hep-th
keywords actioneffectiveeinstein-maxwellworkbeencasecombinedconsiderable
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Considerable work has been done on the one-loop effective action in combined electromagnetic and gravitational fields, particularly as a tool for determining the properties of light propagation in curved space. After a short review of previous work, I present some recent results obtained using the worldline formalism. In particular, I will discuss various ways of generalizing the QED Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian to the Einstein-Maxwell case.

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