Atomic levels in superstrong magnetic fields and D=2 QED of massive electrons: screening
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✦ hep-ph
astro-ph.SRphysics.atom-ph
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screeningfieldsmagneticdistancesleadsmassoperatorphoton
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The photon polarization operator in superstrong magnetic fields induces the dynamical photon "mass" which leads to screening of Coulomb potential at small distances $z\ll 1/m$, $m$ is the mass of an electron. We demonstrate that this behaviour is qualitatively different from the case of D=2 QED, where the same formula for a polarization operator leads to screening at large distances as well. Because of screening the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom at the magnetic fields $B \gg m^2/e^3$ has the finite value $E_0 = -me^4/2 \ln^2(1/e^6)$.
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