Semi-classical Dirac vacuum polarisation in a scalar field

DOI10.1007/S00023-016-0472-YMaRDI QIDQ740055zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jonas Lampart, M. Lewin

Publication date 12 August 2016

Published in Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00895

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

Abstract: We study vacuum polarisation effects of a Dirac field coupled to an external scalar field and derive a semi-classical expansion of the regu-larised vacuum energy. The leading order of this expansion is given by a classical formula due to Chin, Lee-Wick and Walecka, for which our result provides the first rigorous proof. We then discuss applications to the non-relativistic large-coupling limit of an interacting system, and to the stability of homogeneous systems.

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