Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-12-05
Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 105011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Latex, 25 pages, 10figures, several additions
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.105011
We present a numerical study of the fermion-induced effective action in the presence of a static inhomogeneous magnetic field for both 3+1 and 2+1 dimensional QED using a novel approach. This approach is appropriate for cylindrically symmetric magnetic fields with finite magnetic flux $\Phi$. We consider families of magnetic fields, dependent on two parameters, a typical value $B_{m}$ for the field and a typical range d. We investigate the behavior of the effective action for three distinct cases: 1) keeping $\Phi$ (or $B_{m}d^{2}$) constant and varying d, 2) keeping $B_{m}$ constant and varying d and 3) keeping d constant and varying $\Phi$ (or $B_{m}d^{2}$). We note an interesting difference as d tends to infinity (case 2) between smooth and discontinuous magnetic fields. In the strong field limit (case 3) we also derive an explicit asymptotic formula for the 3+1 dimensional action. We study the stability of the magnetic field and we show that magnetic fields of the type we examine remain unstable, even in the presence of the fermions. In the appropriate regions we check our numerical results against the Schwinger formula (constant magnetic field), the derivative expansion and the numerical work of M. Bordag and K. Kirsten. The role of the Landau levels for the effective action, and the appearance of metastable states for large magnetic flux, are discussed in an appendix.
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