Two Hartree-Fock models for the vacuum polarization
Author(s) -
Philippe Gravejat,
Christian Hainzl,
Mathieu Lewin,
Éric Séré
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journées équations aux dérivées partielles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2118-9366
pISSN - 0752-0360
DOI - 10.5802/jedp.87
Subject(s) - vacuum polarization , hartree–fock method , qed vacuum , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , quantum electrodynamics , quantum fluctuation , quantum , non perturbative , quantum mechanics , vacuum state , theoretical physics , chemistry
We review recent results about the derivation and the analysis of two Hartree-Fock-type models for the polarization of vacuum. We pay particular attention to the variational construction of a self-consistent polarized vacuum, and to the physical agreement between our non-perturbative construction and the perturbative description provided by Quantum Electrodynamics.
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