Nonlinear Electromagnetic Forces in Astrophysics
arXiv:1303.4653 · doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.43.2237
Abstract
Electromagnetism becomes a nonlinear theory having (effective) photon-photon interactions due at least to electron-positron fluctuations in the vacuum. We discuss the consequences of the nonlinearity for the force felt by a charge probe particle, and compare the impact of Euler-Kockel QED effective nonlinearity to the possibility of Born-Infeld-type nonlinearity.
14 pages, 2 figures, Acta Phys Pol B style, presented by LL at 52 Krakow School of Theoretical Physics: Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era, Zakopane, May 19-27, 2012