Dispersive property of the quantum vacuum and the speed of light

DOI10.1142/S0217732319500354zbMATH Open1407.81129arXiv1901.07886OpenAlexW2910245178WikidataQ128555182 ScholiaQ128555182MaRDI QIDQ4624922FDOQ4624922

Authors: H. Razmi, N. Baramzadeh, H. Baramzadeh 

Publication date: 20 February 2019

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We want to study the influence of the quantum vacuum on the light propagation. At first, by working in the standard linear quantum theory of the electromagnetic fields, it is shown that the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability of the vacuum medium are changed; but, the resulting speed of light isn't modified. Then, taking into account nonlinear effects by considering the Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian, the corresponding zero point (vacuum) energy and the resulting modification of the speed of light are found up to the first non-vanishing correction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07886

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zbMATH Keywords

speed of lightvacuum polarizationquantum vacuumEuler-Heisenberg Lagrangian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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