Worldline approach to helicity flip in plane waves
Date
2016-04-05Author
Ilderton, A
Torgrimsson, G
Subject
4902 Mathematical Physics 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics 49 Mathematical Sciences 51 Physical Sciences
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We apply worldline methods to the study of vacuum polarization effects in plane wave backgrounds, in both scalar and spinor QED. We calculate helicity-flip probabilities to one loop order and treated exactly in the background field, and provide a toolkit of methods for use in investigations of higher-order processes. We also discuss the connections between the worldline, S-matrix, and lightfront approaches to vacuum polarization effects.
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11 pages, 1 figure
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Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Journal
Physical Review D
Volume
93
Issue
8
Pagination
085006-
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Number
085006
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