Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-05-30
Phys.Rev.D76:065013,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
V1: 26 pages, 8 figures, latex format, V2: Accepted for publication in PRD (2007)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.065013
The static Coulomb potential of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is calculated in the presence of a strong magnetic field in the lowest Landau level (LLL) approximation using two different methods. First, the vacuum expectation value of the corresponding Wilson loop is calculated perturbatively in two different regimes of dynamical mass $m_{dyn.}$, {\it i.e.}, $|{\mathbf{q}}_{\|}^{2}|\ll m_{dyn.}^{2}\ll |eB|$ and $m_{dyn.}^{2}\ll |\mathbf{q}_{\|}^{2}|\ll|eB|$, where $\mathbf{q}_{\|}$ is the longitudinal components of the momentum relative to the external magnetic field $B$. The result is then compared with the static potential arising from Born approximation. Both results coincide. Although the arising potentials show different behavior in the aforementioned regimes, a novel dependence on the angle $\theta$ between the particle-antiparticle's axis and the direction of the magnetic field is observed. In the regime $|{\mathbf{q}}_{\|}^{2}|\ll m_{dyn.}^{2}\ll |eB|$, for strong enough magnetic field and depending on the angle $\theta$, a qualitative change occurs in the Coulomb-like potential; Whereas for $\theta=0,\pi$ the potential is repulsive, it exhibits a minimum for angles $\theta\in]0,\pi[$.
Jalili Sodeiri A.
Sadooghi Neda
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