QED and collective effects in vacuum and plasmas

The theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) was born out of an attempt to merge Einsteins theory of special relativity and quantum mechanics. Einsteins energy/mass equivalence together with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle allows for particle pairs to be spontaneously created and annihilated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lundin, Joakim
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för fysik 2010
Subjects:
QED
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35615
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-972-9