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The Lagrangian Formulation of Strong-Field QED in a Plasma

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arxiv 1312.3088 v2 pith:DIZROCE3 submitted 2013-12-11 physics.plasm-ph

The Lagrangian Formulation of Strong-Field QED in a Plasma

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The Lagrangian formulation of the scalar and spinor quantum electrodynamics (QED) in the presence of strong laser fields in a plasma medium is considered. We include the plasma influence in the free Lagrangian analogously to the "Furry picture" and obtain coupled equations of motion for the plasma particles and for the laser propagation. We demonstrate that the strong-field wave (i.e. the laser) satisfies a massive dispersion relation and obtain self-consistently the effective mass of the laser photons. The Lagrangian formulation derived in this paper is the basis for the cross sections calculation of quantum processes taking place in the presence of a plasma.

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